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Deuteronomy 3:6

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

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וַנַּחֲרֵ֣םvanacharemand devoteחָרַםconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and devote”, the next action in the storyH2763to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nosemake accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).אוֹתָ֔םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עָשִׂ֔ינוּasinvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…לְסִיחֹ֖ןlesichonto Sihonסִיחוֹןpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Sihon”H5511Sichon, an Amoritish kingSihon.מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןcheshbonHeshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Heshbon”H2809Cheshbon, a place East of the JordanHeshbon.הַחֲרֵם֙hacharemdevoteחָרַםverb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “devote”, the verb used for emphasisH2763to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nosemake accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עִ֣ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מְתִ֔םmetimpersonsמַתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “persons”, the ordinary formH4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)[phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.הַנָּשִׁ֖יםhanashimthe eachאִשָּׁהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וְהַטָּֽףvehatafand the childrenטַףconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the children”, the ordinary formH2945a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)(little) children (ones), families.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, the men, and the women, and the little ones.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.

Young’s Literal Translation

and we devote them, as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting every city, men, the women, and the infants;

World English Bible

We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.

Darby Translation

And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, men, women and little ones.

Douay-Rheims

And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sehon the king of Hesebon, destroying every city, men and women and children:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, the men, and the women, and the little ones.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We utterly destroyed them as we dealt with Seon the king of Esebon, so we utterly destroyed every city in order, and the women and the children,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξωλοθρεύσαμεν, ὥσπερ ἐποιήσαμεν τὸν Σηὼν βασιλέα Ἐσεβών, καὶ ἐξωλοθρεύσαμεν πᾶσαν πόλιν ἑξῆς, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας, καὶ τὰ παιδία,