Numbers 25:17
Strong's Lexicon
“Attack
צָר֖וֹר (ṣā·rō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6887: 1) to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, tie up, shut up 1a2) to be scant, be cramped, be in straits 1b) (Pual) to be bound, be tied up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make narrow for, cause distress to, press hard upon 1c2) to suffer distress 2) to show hostility toward, vex 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to show hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass 1a2) vexer, harasser (participle)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the Midianites
הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים (ham·miḏ·yā·nîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4084: Midianite = see Midian 'strife' 1) a member of the tribe of Midian 2) an inhabitant of the land of Midian

and strike them dead
וְהִכִּיתֶ֖ם (wə·hik·kî·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5221: 1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill 1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten 1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust 1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast) 1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage 1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy 1d) (Hophal) to be smitten 1d1) to receive a blow 1d2) to be wounded 1d3) to be beaten 1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain 1d5) to be attacked and captured 1d6) to be smitten (with disease) 1d7) to be blighted (of plants)

אוֹתָֽם׃ (’ō·w·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

New American Standard Bible
"Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them;

King James Bible
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them.

New Living Translation
"Attack the Midianites and destroy them,

English Standard Version
“Harass the Midianites and strike them down,

New American Standard Bible
"Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them;

King James Bible
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

International Standard Version
"Attack the Midianites and execute them,

NET Bible
"Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

American Standard Version
Vex the Midianites, and smite them;

English Revised Version
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

Young's Literal Translation
'Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them,
















Cross References
Numbers 22:4
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Numbers 25:16
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 25:18
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 a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

Numbers 31:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 25:15
And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

Numbers 25:14
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

Numbers 26:1
And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Numbers 26:2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
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