Numbers 31:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־עָרֵיהֶם֙ בְּמ֣וֹשְׁבֹתָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־טִֽירֹתָ֑ם שָׂרְפ֖וּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾēṯ kol-ʿārêhem bə-môšḇōṯām wə-ʾēṯ kol-ṭîrōṯām śārp̄û bā-ʾēš

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾēṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker - and
*kol-ʿārêhem*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - all their cities
*bə-môšḇōṯām*: preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their dwelling places
*kol-ṭîrōṯām*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - all their encampments
*śārp̄û*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they burned
*bā-ʾēš*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - with the fire

Word Meanings

*ʿārêhem*: their cities/towns/settlements
*môšḇōṯām*: their dwelling places/habitations/settlements
*ṭîrōṯām*: their encampments/camps/fortresses/settlements
*śārp̄û*: they burned/set on fire

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:16 : 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Josh 6:24 : 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
1 Sam 30:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
1 Kgs 9:16 : 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
Isa 1:7 : 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

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