Numbers

Numbers 21:2–3

²So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.^a”

³And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.^b

Footnotes

a 21:2 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in verse 3.
b 21:3 Hormah means destruction.

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Numbers 21:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
made	וַיִּדַּ֨ר	way·yid·dar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5087 vow
a vow	נֶ֛דֶר	ne·ḏer	Noun - masculine singular	H5088 vow
to the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
You will deliver	נָתֹ֨ן	nā·ṯōn	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H5414 give, put, set
this	הַזֶּה֙	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
people	הָעָ֤ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
into our hands	בְּיָדִ֔י	bə·yā·ḏî	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand
we will devote	וְהַֽחֲרַמְתִּ֖י	wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
their cities	עָרֵיהֶֽם׃	‘ā·rê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5892 excitement

Numbers 21:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the LORD	יְהוָ֜ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
heard	וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע	way·yiš·ma‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
Israel’s	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
plea	בְּק֣וֹל	bə·qō·wl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
and delivered up	וַיִּתֵּן֙	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
the Canaanites	הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י	hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3669 trader, merchant
devoted	וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם	way·ya·ḥă·rêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
them	אֶתְהֶ֖ם	’eṯ·hem	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
their cities	עָרֵיהֶ֑ם	‘ā·rê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5892 excitement
so they named	וַיִּקְרָ֥א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
the place	הַמָּק֖וֹם	ham·mā·qō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition
Hormah	חָרְמָֽה׃פ	ḥā·rə·māh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2767 Chormah

Cross-references

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Numbers 21:2 Judges 11:30 · Genesis 28:20 · Joshua 6:26 · 1 Samuel 1:11 · Deuteronomy 13:15 · Leviticus 27:28–29 · 2 Samuel 15:7–8 · Psalm 132:2 · Psalm 116:18 · Psalm 56:12–13

Numbers 21:3 Numbers 14:45 · Deuteronomy 1:44 · 1 Samuel 30:30 · Psalm 102:17 · Psalm 91:15 · Psalm 10:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.