1)

What is the definition of "M'sim"?

1.

Rashi, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It means 'men'.

2)

What is the translation of "es Kol Ir M'sim, ve'Nashim ve'Taf"

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: It means the entire town of men, women and children'. 1

1

And not 'the entire town, the men, the women and the children', because they were commanded to destroy the towns. See Oznayim la'Torah here and on 3:6. The Trop on "Ir M'sim" also supports this explanation.

3)

Why does the Torah write here "Bazaznu" and in Va'eschnan, 3:7 - in connection with Og - "Bazonu" (with only one 'Zayin')?

1.

Rashi: Because the vast amounts of spoil that they took from Sichon left them satiated. Consequently, they approached the spoil of Og with a degree of contempt, 1 discarding the animals and the clothes, taking only the silver and the gold. 2

1

"Bazonu" stems from the word 'Bizuy'.

2

This is difficult however, since, following the subsequent battle with Midyan, the Torah writes "asher Baz'zu Am ha'Tzava" - Mas'ei Bamidbar, 31:53. See Oznayim la'Torah on 3:7.

4)

Why did they kill the women and children?

1.

Ramban: Bearing in mind that Sichon and Og were kings of the Emori (one of the seven Cana'ani nations), this was in keeping with the Mitzvah not to leave alive a single person (man, woman or child) from the Cana'ani nations. 1

1

Rashi: See later 20:16.

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