Joshua 13:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־בִּלְעָ֥ם בֶּן־בְּע֖וֹר הַקּוֹסֵ֑ם הָרְג֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בַּחֶ֖רֶב אֶל־חַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And bil'am ben-be'or haqqosem hargu bene-yisra'el with hacherev with challelehem.

Grammar Details

• *bil'am ben-be'or*: proper noun + noun, masculine, singular construct + proper noun - Balaam son of Beor
• *haqqosem*: participle, masculine, singular with definite article - the diviner
• *hargu bene-yisra'el*: verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person common plural + noun, masculine, plural construct + proper noun - the children of Israel killed
• *hacherev*: noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the sword
• *challelehem*: noun, masculine, plural + possessive suffix, 3rd person masculine plural - their slain

Word Meanings

• *haqqosem*: the diviner/the soothsayer/the one who practices divination
• *challelehem*: their slain/their dead/those they had slain

Referenced Verses

• Num 31:8 : 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
• 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
• Num 22:5-7 : 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
• Num 24:1 : 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.