Numbers 31:4 Go deeper

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אֶ֚לֶף'E.lefone thousand

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: thousand

Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 1

לַמַּטֶּ֔הla.ma.Tehto the tribe

Lemma: מַטֶּה (mat.teh) · Strong's: H4294H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: tribe

Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 31:2, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:30, Exodus 35:34, Exodus 38:22, Exodus 38:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4294H; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 2

אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefone thousand

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: thousand

Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 3

לַמַּטֶּ֑הla.ma.Tehto the tribe

Lemma: מַטֶּה (mat.teh) · Strong's: H4294H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: tribe

Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 31:2, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:30, Exodus 35:34, Exodus 38:22, Exodus 38:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4294H; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 4

לְכֹל֙le.Kholfor all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 5

מַטּ֣וֹתma.Tot[the] tribes of

Lemma: מַטֶּה (mat.teh) · Strong's: H4294H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: tribe

Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 31:2, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:30, Exodus 35:34, Exodus 38:22, Exodus 38:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4294H; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 6

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsrael

Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Israel

Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 7

תִּשְׁלְח֖וּtish.le.Chuyou will send out

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)

Meaning: to send: depart

Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 8

לַצָּבָֽא\׃la.tza.Va'to <the> war

Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: army: war

Used 42 times. Also: Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20, Numbers 1:22, Numbers 1:24, Numbers 1:26, Numbers 1:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6635H; TAHOT Numbers 31:4 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Send	→	שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart
into battle	→	צָבָא H6635H army: war
a thousand men	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
from each	→	כֹּל H3605 all
tribe	→	מַטֶּה H4294H tribe
of Israel	→	יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel
. . .	→	מַטֶּה H4294H tribe

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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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