The Meaning of Numbers 21:35 Explained

Numbers 21:35

KJV: So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

YLT: And they smite him, and his sons, and all his people, until he hath not left to him a remnant, and they possess his land.

Darby: And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, so that they left him none remaining, and took possession of his land.

ASV: So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So they smote  him, and his sons,  and all his people,  until there was none  left  him alive:  and they possessed  his land. 

What does Numbers 21:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 21:21-35 - Victory Over The Amorites
Two great victories opened the eastern lands to the possession and settlement of two tribes and a half. It is not enough to know our heritage in Christ; we must possess our possessions.
Sihon, the king of the Amorites, made an unprovoked attack on Israel; and his action was the less excusable, because he had himself been an invader. As a proof of this, a passage is quoted from one of their national songs, in which the poet describes his invasion of the land, the burning of Heshbon and Ar, and the erection of new cities in their stead, Numbers 21:27-30. See also Judges 11:13-27. Sihon and Og suffered the same fate at the hands of Israel. General Gordon, when crossing the Sudan to attack the slave-trader, often heard these words in his heart: "Fear him not, for I have delivered him into thy hand." See Psalms 135:11; Psalms 136:19-20. Behind all history is divine and everlasting love! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 21

1  Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah
4  The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents
7  They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent
10  Various journeys of the Israelites
21  Sihon is overcome
33  And Og

What do the individual words in Numbers 21:35 mean?

So they defeated him and his sons all his people until no there was left him survivor and they took possession of his land
וַיַּכּ֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ וְאֶת־ בָּנָיו֙ כָּל־ עַמּ֔וֹ עַד־ בִּלְתִּ֥י הִשְׁאִֽיר־ ל֖וֹ שָׂרִ֑יד וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ אֶת־ אַרְצֽוֹ

וַיַּכּ֨וּ  So  they  defeated 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
בָּנָיו֙  his  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַמּ֔וֹ  his  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
עַד־  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
בִּלְתִּ֥י  no 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בִּלְתִּי  
Sense: not, except adv.
הִשְׁאִֽיר־  there  was  left 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁאַר  
Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
שָׂרִ֑יד  survivor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂרִיד  
Sense: survivor, remnant, that which is left.
וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ  and  they  took  possession 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָרַשׁ  
Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir.
אַרְצֽוֹ  his  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.