Numbers 31:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַשָּׁלָ֔ל וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־הַמַּלְק֑וֹחַ בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃

Transliteration

way-yiqḥû ʾeṯ-kol-haš-šālāl wə-ʾēṯ kol-ham-malqôaḥ bā-ʾāḏām û-ḇab-bəhēmāh

Grammar Details

*way-yiqḥû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they took
*ʾeṯ-kol-haš-šālāl*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine singular - all the spoil
*wə-ʾēṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker - and
*kol-ham-malqôaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine singular - all the plunder
*bā-ʾāḏām*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - of humans
*û-ḇab-bəhēmāh*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and of cattle

Word Meanings

*šālāl*: spoil/booty/plunder
*malqôaḥ*: plunder/booty/prey/captives
*ʾāḏām*: humans/people/persons
*bəhēmāh*: cattle/livestock/animals

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Referenced Verses

Deut 20:14 : 14 but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
Josh 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 31:12-13
2 verses
86%
12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
Num 31:9-10
2 verses
84%
9And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.
10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
Deut 3:6-7
2 verses
82%
6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
Num 31:25-33
9 verses
82%
25And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation;
27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
28And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks:
29take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
32Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
Deut 2:34-35
2 verses
80%
34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:
35only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.
Gen 34:28-29
2 verses
79%
28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;
29and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.
Num 31:53-54
2 verses
79%
53[( For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
Deut 20:14
78%
14but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
Josh 8:27
78%
27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
Josh 11:14
78%
14And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.
Num 31:51
76%
51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
2 Chr 14:14-15
2 verses
76%
14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.
15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
1 Sam 30:20
75%
20And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
2 Chr 28:14
74%
14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
Num 31:7
74%
7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
Gen 14:11
74%
11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Judg 6:4
73%
4and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Num 31:15
73%
15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
1 Sam 30:2
72%
2and had taken captive the women [and all] that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.
Num 31:47
72%
47even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Josh 6:21
72%
21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
1 Chr 5:21
72%
21And 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.
Josh 11:12
72%
12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.
Josh 6:24
71%
24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.
Num 21:32
71%
32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
Exod 12:35
71%
35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
1 Sam 15:21
71%
21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
Num 31:42
71%
42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred
1 Sam 17:53
71%
53And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
Josh 22:8
71%
8and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
Num 31:2
71%
2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Judg 11:22
71%
22And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.
Ezek 38:12
70%
12to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.