Numbers 31:36

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The half portion for those who went to war was 337,500 sheep,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִי֙ הַֽמֶּחֱצָ֔ה חֵ֕לֶק הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים בַּצָּבָ֑א מִסְפַּ֣ר הַצֹּ֗אן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וְשִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And-wattəhî the-meḥĕṣāh, ḥēleq the-yōṣəʾîm in-the-ṣābāʾ: mispar the-ṣōʾn three-hundred ʾelep and-thirty ʾelep and-seven ʾălāpîm and-five hundreds.

Grammar Details

• *wattəhî*: Qal wayyiqtol (consecutive imperfect), 3rd person feminine singular - and it was
• *meḥĕṣāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - half/division
• *ḥēleq*: masculine singular construct noun - portion/share of
• *yōṣəʾîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - going out
• *ṣābāʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - army/host
• *mispar*: masculine singular construct noun - number of
• *ṣōʾn*: masculine singular noun with definite article - flock/sheep/goats
• *ʾelep*: masculine singular noun - thousand
• *ʾălāpîm*: masculine plural noun - thousands

Word Meanings

• *meḥĕṣāh*: half/division/portion
• *ḥēleq*: portion/share/territory
• *yōṣəʾîm*: going out/those who went out/warriors
• *mispar*: number/count/census

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in mber three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the half, which was the portion of those who went to war, was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the halfe which was the parte of the that wet out to warre was.iij. hundred thousande and.xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the halfe parte which belonged vnto them that wente to the warre, was in nobre thre hundreth thousande, and seuen and thirtie thousande, and fyue hundreth shepe:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the halfe, which was the part of them that went out to warre, was in number three hundred thousande, and seuen and thirtie thousande, & fiue hundred, sheepe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the half, [which was] the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the half -- the portion of those who go out into the host -- the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

• World English Bible (2000)

  The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;