Numbers

Numbers 31:15–16

15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. 16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

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Numbers 31:15

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Have you sparedהַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖םha·ḥî·yî·ṯemVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine pluralH2421 live
allכָּל־kāl-Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
the womenנְקֵבָֽה׃nə·qê·ḇāhNoun - feminine singularH5347 female
heמֹשֶׁ֑הmō·šehNoun - proper - masculine singularH4872 Moses
asked themוַיֹּ֥אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say

Numbers 31:16

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Lookהֵ֣ןhênInterjectionH2005 lo! behold
these womenהֵ֜נָּהhên·nāhPronoun - third person feminine pluralH2007 they
causedהָי֨וּhā·yūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the sonsלִבְנֵ֤יliḇ·nêPreposition-l; Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiś·rā·’êlNoun - proper - masculine singularH3478 Israel
through the counselבִּדְבַ֣רbiḏ·ḇarPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH1697 speech, word
of Balaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil·‘āmNoun - proper - masculine singularH1109 Balaam
to turnלִמְסָר־lim·sār-Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH4560 deliver up, offer
unfaithfullyמַ֥עַלma·‘alNoun - masculine singularH4604 unfaithful, treacherous act
against the LORDבַּיהוָ֖הYah·wehPreposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
atעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
Peorפְּע֑וֹרpə·‘ō·wrNoun - proper - feminine singularH6465 Peör
so that the plagueהַמַּגֵּפָ֖הham·mag·gê·p̄āhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH4046 blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence
struckוַתְּהִ֥יwat·tə·hîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the congregationבַּעֲדַ֥תba·‘ă·ḏaṯPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular constructH5712 congregation
of the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh

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Numbers 31:15 1 Samuel 15:3 · Jeremiah 48:10 · Deuteronomy 2:34

Numbers 31:16 Numbers 25:1–9 · 2 Peter 2:15 · Revelation 2:14 · Deuteronomy 4:3 · Joshua 22:17 · Numbers 24:14 · Numbers 25:18 · Proverbs 23:27 · Ecclesiastes 7:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.