Numbers 31:32

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The remaining plunder, taken by the soldiers, included 675,000 sheep,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֙ הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַ יֶ֣תֶר הַבָּ֔ז אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּזְז֖וּ עַ֣ם הַצָּבָ֑א צֹ֗אן שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־אֲלָפִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-wayəhî the-malqôaḥ, yeter the-bāz ʾăšer bāzəzû ʿam the-ṣābāʾ: ṣōʾn six-hundred ʾelep and-seventy ʾelep and-five-ʾălāpîm.

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: Qal wayyiqtol (consecutive imperfect), 3rd person masculine singular - and it was
• *malqôaḥ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - booty/plunder/spoil
• *yeter*: masculine singular construct noun - remainder/excess of
• *bāz*: masculine singular noun with definite article - plunder/spoil
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *bāzəzû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they plundered
• *ʿam*: masculine singular construct noun - people of
• *ṣābāʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - army/host
• *ṣōʾn*: masculine singular noun - flock/sheep/goats
• *ʾelep*: masculine singular noun - thousand
• *ʾălāpîm*: masculine plural noun - thousands

Word Meanings

• *malqôaḥ*: booty/plunder/spoil/prey
• *yeter*: remainder/excess/rest/remnant
• *bāz*: plunder/spoil/booty
• *bāzəzû*: plundered/spoiled/took as spoil
• *ʿam*: people/folk/nation

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the remaining booty, which was the rest of the prey taken by the men of war, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And ye botye and the praye which the men of warre had caught was.vi. hundred thousande and lxxv. thousande shepe:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the spoyle and praye which ye men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth thousande and fyue and seuentye thousande shepe,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the bootie, and the rest of the pray which the men of warre had caught, was sixe hundred thousande, and three sore and fifteene thousande sheepe,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the booty, [being] the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,