Numbers 21:1-3

21:1

Arad <06166> [Arad.]

road ... Atharim <0871 01870> [the way of the spies.]

Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the word {atharim,} rendered spies in our version, is in the Greek a proper name ([Atharein,] Atharim).

fought <03898> [then.]

21:2

made <05087> [vowed.]

utterly <02763> [I will.]

21:3

listened <08085> [hearkened.]

utterly <02763> [and they utterly.]

{Wyyacharem,} rather with the LXX. [kai anethematisen,] "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua. (Jos 12:14.)

name <08034> [the name.]

{Hormah,} that is, utter destruction. {Chormah,} rather a devoting to destruction: so LXX. [Anathema,] and Tremellius, {devotio sive anathema.}