The Meaning of Numbers 25:15 Explained

Numbers 25:15

KJV: 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.

YLT: and the name of the woman who is smitten, the Midianitess, is Cozbi daughter of Zur, head of a people -- of the house of a father in Midian is he.

Darby: And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was tribal head of a father's house in Midian.

ASV: And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers house in Midian.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Numbers 25:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 25:1-18 - The Zeal Of Phinehas Against Impurity
Unable to curse Israel directly, Balaam suggested to Balak the device of destroying the union between Israel and their divine Protector by enticing them into sin. Once bring license and passion into play, and let the seductions of evil prevail, and surely the holiness of God would compel Him to withdraw His protection! This was a diabolical suggestion to gain his wage. See Revelation 2:14.
The women of the land, notorious for their wantonness, seduced the men of Israel to join in the sensual rites of their worship. All did not fall into this sin. See Deuteronomy 4:3-4. But it brought terrible chastisement on the offenders, 1 Corinthians 10:8. You must amputate a gangrened limb.
For Phinehas, see Malachi 2:4, etc. Let us come out of the world, cleansing ourselves from its filthiness! 2 Corinthians 6:14, etc. There are crises when love for God's honor demands strenuous action, which never fails, as in the case of Phinehas, of an abounding recognition, Numbers 25:12. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 25

1  Israel at Shittim commit unfaithfulness and idolatry
6  Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi
10  God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood
16  The Midianites are to be troubled

What do the individual words in Numbers 25:15 mean?

And the name of the woman who was killed Midianitess [was] Cozbi the daughter of Zur [was] head of the tribe of a house of father in Midian he -
וְשֵׁ֨ם הָֽאִשָּׁ֧ה הַמֻּכָּ֛ה הַמִּדְיָנִ֖ית כָּזְבִּ֣י בַת־ צ֑וּר רֹ֣אשׁ אֻמּ֥וֹת בֵּֽית־ אָ֛ב בְּמִדְיָ֖ן הֽוּא פ

וְשֵׁ֨ם  And  the  name 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הָֽאִשָּׁ֧ה  of  the  woman 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַמֻּכָּ֛ה  who  was  killed 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hofal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
הַמִּדְיָנִ֖ית  Midianitess 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִדְיָנִי  
Sense: a member of the tribe of Midian.
כָּזְבִּ֣י  [was]  Cozbi 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּזְבִּי  
Sense: a daughter of Zur, a chief of the Midianites, who was slain by Phinehas because of her adultery.
בַת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
צ֑וּר  of  Zur 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צוּר  
Sense: father of Cozbi and one of the 5 Midianite princes who were slain when Balaam fell.
רֹ֣אשׁ  [was]  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
אֻמּ֥וֹת  of  the  tribe 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֻמָּה  
Sense: people, tribe, nation.
בֵּֽית־  of  a  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אָ֛ב  of  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בְּמִדְיָ֖ן  in  Midian 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִדְיָן  
Sense: son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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