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And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 1
אֶלְעָזָ֤ר'el.'a.ZarEleazar
Lemma: אֶלְעָזָר (el.a.zar) · Strong's: H0499G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Eleazar
Used 63 times. Also: Exodus 6:23, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 28:1, Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 10:12, Leviticus 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0499G; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 2
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 3
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 4
אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men of
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 5
הַצָּבָ֔אha.tza.Va'the army
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: army
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Exodus 6:26, Exodus 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635A; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 6
הַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'Imwho had gone
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 7
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahto the battle
Lemma: מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.mah) · Strong's: H4421
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: battle
Used 319 times. Also: Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Exodus 1:10, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 15:3, Exodus 17:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4421; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 8
זֹ֚אתzotthis
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 9
חֻקַּ֣תchu.Kat[is] [the] statute of
Lemma: חֻקָּה (chuq.qah) · Strong's: H2708
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: statute
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 12:17, Exodus 12:43, Exodus 13:10, Exodus 27:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2708; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 10
הַתּוֹרָ֔הha.to.Rahthe law
Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: instruction
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 11
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 12
צִוָּ֥הtzi.Vahhe commanded
Lemma: צָוָה (tsa.vah) · Strong's: H6680
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to command
Used 491 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 7:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6680; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 13
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 14
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 15
מֹשֶֽׁה\׃mo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Numbers 31:21 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Eleazar | → | אֶלְעָזָר H0499G Eleazar |
| the priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the soldiers | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| . . . | → | צָבָא H6635A army |
| who had gone | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| into battle | → | מִלְחָמָה H4421 battle |
| This | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| is the statute | → | חֻקָּה H2708 statute |
| of the law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
| which | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| has commanded | → | צָוָה H6680 to command |
| Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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