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The sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלtook captiveוַיִּשְׁבּוּthe womenנְשֵׁיof Midianמִדְיָןand their little ones,וְ טַפָּםand allוְ כָּלtheir animalsבְּהֶמְתָּםand allוְ כָּלtheir livestockמִקְנֵהֶםand allוְ כָּלtheir wealthחֵילָםthey looted.בָּזָזוּ
Numbers 31:9
Study it in the app“The sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their animals and all their livestock and all their wealth they looted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:9, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- took captiveיִּשְׁבּוּyishbu
take captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “yishbu” appears- the womenנְשֵׁיneshe
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “neshe” appears- of Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- and their little onesטַפָּtapa
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tapa” appears- their animalsבְּהֶמְתָּbehemta
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behemta” appears- their livestockמִקְנֵmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- their wealthחֵילָchela
wealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chela” appears- they lootedבָּזָזוּbazazu
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “bazazu” appears
Places in this verse
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
The context
8And the kings of Midian they killed along with their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor they killed with the sword.
9 · This verse (above)
10All their cities in their dwelling places and all their encampments they burned with fire.