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Numbers 31:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:


Numbers 31:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:2820 words
וַהֲרֵמֹתָwahărēmōtāAnd be high
מֶכֶסmeḵesAssessment
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמִּלְחָמָהhamiləḥāmāhThe battle
הַיֹּצְאִיםhayōṣəʾîmThe go
לַצָּבָאlaṣāvāʾTo mass
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
מֵחֲמֵשׁmēḥămēšFrom five
הַמֵּאוֹתhamēʾwōtThe hundred
מִןminPart
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַחֲמֹרִיםhaḥămōrîmThe ass
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַהֲרֵמֹתָwahărēmōtāAnd be high
מֶכֶסmeḵesAssessment
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמִּלְחָמָהhamiləḥāmāhThe battle
הַיֹּצְאִיםhayōṣəʾîmThe go
לַצָּבָאlaṣāvāʾTo mass
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
מֵחֲמֵשׁmēḥămēšFrom five
הַמֵּאוֹתhamēʾwōtThe hundred
מִןminPart
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַחֲמֹרִיםhaḥămōrîmThe ass
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

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