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אשר הכה את המדינית. עם ורבים כן: WHO WAS SLAIN WITH THE MIDIANITISH WOMAN. Et ha-midyanit is to be rendered, with the Midianitish woman.35In other words, et here means with. There are many such instances.36Where et has the meaning of with. See I.E. on Ex. 1:1 (Vol. 2, p. 3).
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נשיא בית אב. אחד מחמשת אבות בני שמעון. וראש לבית אבותיו גדול: A PRINCE OF A FATHER’S HOUSE AMONG THE SIMEONITES. One of the five fathers’ [houses] of the children of Simeon.37See Num. 26:12,13. The head of his father’s house was greater than he.38The tribe of Simeon was divided into five branches, each of which was called a father’s house. Zimri was a prince of one of the five branches of the tribe of Simeon (Num. 1:4). Midian was similarly divided into five houses.