Numbers 31:40 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord’s tribute was thirty and two persons.”

Numbers 31:40 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:4010 words

וְנֶפֶשׁwənep̄ešAnd soul

אָדָםʾādāmMan

שִׁשָּׁהšišāhSix

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

אָלֶףʾālep̄Thousand

וּמִכְסָםûmiḵəsāmAnd assessment

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo

וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty

נָפֶשׁnāp̄ešSoul

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנֶפֶשׁwənep̄ešAnd soul

אָדָםʾādāmMan

שִׁשָּׁהšišāhSix

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

אָלֶףʾālep̄Thousand

וּמִכְסָםûmiḵəsāmAnd assessment

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo

וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty

נָפֶשׁnāp̄ešSoul

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