Numbers

Numbers 21:2

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”

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.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.