Numbers 31:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD 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: lay 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 Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near 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 all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
Deut 3:6-7
2 verses
82%
6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
Num 31:25-33
9 verses
82%
25And the LORD 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 chief fathers of the congregation:
27And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32And 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,
33And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Deut 2:34-35
2 verses
80%
34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
35Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
Gen 34:28-29
2 verses
79%
28They took their sheep, and their oxen, 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 spoiled even all that was in the house.
Num 31:53-54
2 verses
79%
53( For the men of war had taken spoil, 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 tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
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 unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Josh 8:27
78%
27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD 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 to breathe.
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 the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
1 Sam 30:20
75%
20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave 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 congregation.
Num 31:7
74%
7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
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 for 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 the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
Num 31:47
72%
47Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Josh 6:21
72%
21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, 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 an hundred thousand.
Josh 11:12
72%
12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD 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 the LORD.
Num 21:32
71%
32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages 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 borrowed 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 things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
Num 31:42
71%
42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
1 Sam 17:53
71%
53And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
Josh 22:8
71%
8And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches 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 coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Ezek 38:12
70%
12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.