Verse 43

{ "verseID": "Numbers.31.43", "source": "וַתְּהִ֛י מֶחֱצַ֥ת הָעֵדָ֖ה מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃", "text": "*wa-təhî meḥĕṣat hā-ʿēdāh* from-the-*ṣōʾn* three-hundred *ʾelep* and-thirty *ʾelep* seven *ʾălāpîm* and-five hundred", "grammar": { "*wa-təhî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3fs - and it was", "*meḥĕṣat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - half of", "*hā-ʿēdāh*": "definite noun, feminine singular - the congregation", "*min-ha-ṣōʾn*": "preposition + definite noun, masculine singular - from the flock", "*ʾelep*": "noun, masculine singular - thousand", "*ʾălāpîm*": "noun, masculine plural - thousands" }, "variants": { "*meḥĕṣat*": "half/division", "*ʿēdāh*": "congregation/assembly/community", "*ṣōʾn*": "sheep/small livestock/flock (collective term)" } }

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