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But allוְכֹלthe little onesהַטַּףamong the womenבַּנָּשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhave notלֹאknownיָדְעוּlyingמִשְׁכַּבwith a male,זָכָרkeep aliveהַחֲיוּfor yourselves.לָכֶם
Numbers 31:18
Study it in the app“But all the little ones among the women who have not known lying with a male, keep alive for yourselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:18, word by word
- the little onesטַּףtaf
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appears- among the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- knownיָדְעוּyadu
lie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yadu” appears- lyingמִשְׁכַּבmishkav
lie with
To join someone in the intimacy of a couple.
Where else “mishkav” appears- with a maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- keep aliveהַחֲיוּhachayu
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hachayu” appears
The context
17Now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with a male.
18 · This verse (above)
19And you, camp outside the camp seven days; everyone who has killed a person and everyone who has touched the slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.