Numbers 31:42
in Numbers 31From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
KJV
And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
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This verse in Numbers 31
Commentary
1 note on this verseThe record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught--Some of the captives having been killed (Nu 31:17) and part of the cattle taken for the support of the army, the total amount of the booty remaining was in the following proportions:
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית | umimachatzit | and from [the] half of | H4276 → | 16 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָצָ֣ה | chatzah | he had divided | H2673 → | |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| הַצֹּבְאִֽים׃ | hatzoeim | who had gone to war | H6633 → | 14 times |
וּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖יתand from [the] half of
umimachatzitH4276 →16 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָצָ֣הhe had divided
chatzahH2673 →
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
הַצֹּבְאִֽים׃who had gone to war
hatzoeimH6633 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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