Numbers 31:51

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַזָּהָ֖ב מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם כֹּ֖ל כְּלִ֥י מַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

wa-yiqqaḥ Mōšeh wə-ʾElʿāzār ha-kōhēn [direct object marker]-the-zāhāb from-them all kəlî maʿăśeh

Grammar Details

*wa-yiqqaḥ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and he took
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*wə-ʾElʿāzār*: conjunction + proper noun - and Eleazar
*ha-kōhēn*: definite noun, masculine singular - the priest
*ʾet-ha-zāhāb*: direct object marker + definite noun, masculine singular - the gold
*mē-ʾittām*: preposition + preposition + 3mp suffix - from them
*kōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*kəlî*: noun, masculine singular construct - articles of
*maʿăśeh*: noun, masculine singular - workmanship/craftsmanship

Word Meanings

*zāhāb*: gold/gold items
*kəlî*: article/vessel/object
*maʿăśeh*: workmanship/crafted/manufactured article

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 7:2-6 : 2 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered: 3 and they brought their oblation before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle. 4 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be [used] in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.

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