Numbers 31:48

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{ "verseID": "Numbers.31.48", "source": "וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה הַפְּקֻדִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר לְאַלְפֵ֣י הַצָּבָ֑א שָׂרֵ֥י הָאֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י הַמֵּאֽוֹת׃", "text": "*wa-yiqrəbû* to-*Mōšeh ha-pəqudîm* which for-*ʾalpê ha-ṣābāʾ śārê hā-ʾălāpîm wə-śārê ha-mēʾôt*", "grammar": { "*wa-yiqrəbû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3mp - and they approached", "*ʾel-Mōšeh*": "preposition + proper noun - to Moses", "*ha-pəqudîm*": "definite passive participle, masculine plural - the appointed ones", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/who", "*lə-ʾalpê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - for thousands of", "*ha-ṣābāʾ*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the army/host", "*śārê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - chiefs/captains of", "*hā-ʾălāpîm*": "definite noun, masculine plural - the thousands", "*wə-śārê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and chiefs/captains of", "*ha-mēʾôt*": "definite noun, feminine plural - the hundreds" }, "variants": { "*pəqudîm*": "officers/appointed ones/those numbered", "*ʾalpê*": "thousands/divisions/units", "*ṣābāʾ*": "army/host/fighting force", "*śārê*": "captains/chiefs/commanders" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה הַפְּקֻדִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר לְאַלְפֵ֣י הַצָּבָ֑א שָׂרֵ֥י הָאֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י הַמֵּאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wa-yiqrəbû to-Mōšeh ha-pəqudîm which for-ʾalpê ha-ṣābāʾ śārê hā-ʾălāpîm wə-śārê ha-mēʾôt

Grammar Details

• *wa-yiqrəbû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3mp - and they approached
• *ʾel-Mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun - to Moses
• *ha-pəqudîm*: definite passive participle, masculine plural - the appointed ones
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/who
• *lə-ʾalpê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - for thousands of
• *ha-ṣābāʾ*: definite noun, masculine singular - the army/host
• *śārê*: noun, masculine plural construct - chiefs/captains of
• *hā-ʾălāpîm*: definite noun, masculine plural - the thousands
• *wə-śārê*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and chiefs/captains of
• *ha-mēʾôt*: definite noun, feminine plural - the hundreds

Word Meanings

• *pəqudîm*: officers/appointed ones/those numbered
• *ʾalpê*: thousands/divisions/units
• *ṣābāʾ*: army/host/fighting force
• *śārê*: captains/chiefs/commanders

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the officers who were over the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—approached Moses

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the officers of thousandes of the hoste the captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundreds came forth and sayed vnto Moses:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the captaynes ouer ye thousandes of the hoost, namely they that were ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, came forth vnto Moses, and sayde vnto him:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the officers of thousandes of the hoast, ye captaynes ouer the thousandes, and the captaynes ouer the hundredes, came foorth,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the officers which [were] over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

• World English Bible (2000)

  The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses