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Numbers 31:5 — King James Version← Study notes

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.


Numbers 31:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:510 words
וַיִּמָּסְרוּwayimāsərûAnd sunder
מֵאַלְפֵיmēʾaləp̄êFrom thousand
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
לַמַּטֶּהlamaṭehTo branch
שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
חֲלוּצֵיḥălûṣêPull off
צָבָאṣāvāʾMass
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּמָּסְרוּwayimāsərûAnd sunder
מֵאַלְפֵיmēʾaləp̄êFrom thousand
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
לַמַּטֶּהlamaṭehTo branch
שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
חֲלוּצֵיḥălûṣêPull off
צָבָאṣāvāʾMass

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