Numbers 31:46
in Numbers 31and 16,000 people.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and sixteen thousand persons),
KJV
And sixteen thousand persons;)
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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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ | venefesh | and person[s] of | H5315 → | 754 times |
| אָדָ֔ם | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| שִׁשָּׁ֥ה | shishah | six- | H8337 → | 216 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אָֽלֶף׃ | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
וְנֶ֣פֶשׁand person[s] of
venefeshH5315 →754 times
אָדָ֔םhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
שִׁשָּׁ֥הsix-
shishahH8337 →216 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אָֽלֶף׃thousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.