Numbers 25:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י צֹרְרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לָכֶ֔ם בְּנִכְלֵיהֶ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־נִכְּל֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם עַל־דְּבַר־פְּע֑וֹר וְעַל־דְּבַ֞ר כָּזְבִּ֨י בַת־נְשִׂ֤יא מִדְיָן֙ אֲחֹתָ֔ם הַמֻּכָּ֥ה בְיוֹם־הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה עַל־דְּבַר־פְּעֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

For ṣōrərîm they to-you with-niḵlêhem that-nikkəlû to-you concerning-dəḇar-pəʿôr and-concerning-dəḇar kozbî ḇaṯ-nəśîʾ miḏyān ʾăḥōṯām the-mukkāh in-yôm-the-maggēp̄āh concerning-dəḇar-pəʿôr

Grammar Details

• *ṣōrərîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - enemies/harassers
• *niḵlêhem*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix and preposition - with their tricks/devices
• *nikkəlû*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine plural - they have deceived/beguiled
• *dəḇar*: common noun, masculine singular construct - matter/affair of
• *pəʿôr*: proper noun - Peor
• *kozbî*: proper noun - Cozbi
• *ḇaṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
• *nəśîʾ*: common noun, masculine singular construct - prince/leader of
• *miḏyān*: proper noun - Midian
• *ʾăḥōṯām*: common noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their sister
• *mukkāh*: Hophal participle feminine singular with definite article - the one smitten
• *yôm*: common noun, masculine singular construct - day of
• *maggēp̄āh*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the plague

Word Meanings

• *ṣōrərîm*: enemies/harassers/adversaries
• *niḵlêhem*: their tricks/their devices/their plots
• *nikkəlû*: they have deceived/they have beguiled/they have dealt treacherously
• *dəḇar*: matter/affair/incident
• *ʾăḥōṯām*: their sister/their kinswoman
• *mukkāh*: smitten/slain/struck down

Referenced Verses

• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
• Gen 3:13 : 13 And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
• Gen 26:10 : 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
• Exod 32:21 : 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?
• Exod 32:35 : 35 And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
• Num 31:15-16 : 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.
• 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, {G3779} your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.
• 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;