1 Chronicles 5:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁבּ֣וּ מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֙לֶף֙ וְצֹ֗אן מָאתַ֤יִם וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ אֶ֔לֶף וַחֲמוֹרִ֖ים אַלְפָּ֑יִם וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ אָדָ֖ם מֵ֥אָה אָֽלֶף׃

Transliteration

And yišbu miqnehem gəmallehem fifty ʾelef and ṣoʾn two hundred and fifty ʾelef and ḥamorim two thousand and nepeš ʾadam one hundred ʾalef

Grammar Details

*yišbu*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they took captive
*miqnehem*: noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their livestock
*gəmallehem*: noun plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their camels
*ʾelef*: noun - thousand
*ṣoʾn*: noun - sheep/flock
*ḥamorim*: noun plural - donkeys
*nepeš*: construct singular - soul of
*ʾadam*: noun - man/mankind
*ʾalef*: noun - thousand

Word Meanings

*yišbu*: took captive/captured/led away
*miqnehem*: their livestock/cattle/possessions
*nepeš*: soul/person/life

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Referenced Verses

Num 31:35 : 35 and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.
Rev 18:13 : 13 and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and merchandise of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men.

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22For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
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15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
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19And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
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33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
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