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And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
All all manner Noun H3605 וְ֠כֹל ve·chol
And all the spoil prey Noun H7998 שְׁלַ֞ל she·lal
of these another Pronoun H428 הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ ha·'el·leh
of these cities Ai Noun H5892 הֶעָרִ֤ים he·'a·rim
and the cattle beast Noun H929 וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה ve·hab·be·he·mah,
the children afflicted Noun H1121 בְּנֵ֣י be·nei
of Israel Israel Noun H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל yis·ra·'el;
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took for a prey catch Verb H962 בָּזְז֥וּ ba·ze·zu
they smote beat Verb H5221 הִכּ֣וּ hik·ku
every all manner Noun H3605 כָּל־ kol-
unto themselves but every man person Noun H120 הָאָדָ֞ם ha·'a·dam
with the edge according Noun H6310 לְפִי־ le·fi-
of the sword dagger Noun H2719 חֶ֗רֶב che·rev
until against Prepostion H5704 עַד־ ad-
until they had destroyed destory Verb H8045 הִשְׁמִדָם֙ hish·mi·dam
them neither left leave Verb H7604 הִשְׁאִ֖ירוּ hish·'i·ru
no before Adverb H3808 לֹ֥א lo
one all manner Noun H3605 כָּל־ kol-
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details

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King James Bible And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Hebrew Greek English And all All the spoil of these cities, cities and the cattle, the children sons of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; as their plunder; but they struck every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither them. They left they any to breathe.no one who breathed.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And all All the spoil of these cities, cities and the cattle, the children sons of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; as their plunder; but they struck every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither them. They left they any to breathe.no one who breathed.