Numbers 31:37 Go deeper
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And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֛יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 1
הַמֶּ֥כֶסha.Me.khesthe tax
Lemma: מֶ֫כֶס (me.khes) · Strong's: H4371
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tribute
Used 6 times. Also: Numbers 31:28, Numbers 31:38, Numbers 31:39, Numbers 31:40, Numbers 31:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4371; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 2
לַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehfor Yahweh
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 31:37 word 3
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 4
הַצֹּ֑אןha.Tzonthe sheep
Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: flock
Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 5
שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsix
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)
Meaning: six
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 6
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAcfpa)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 7
חָמֵ֥שׁcha.Meshfive
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 8
וְשִׁבְעִֽים\׃ve.shiv.'Imand seventy
Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657
Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)
Meaning: seventy
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT Numbers 31:37 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| including | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a tribute | → | מֶ֫כֶס H4371 tribute |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| of 675 | → | שֵׁשׁ H8337 six |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| . . . | → | שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy |
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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