Numbers 31:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבִ֡אוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֩ וְאֶל־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְאֶל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת־הַשְּׁבִ֧י וְאֶת־הַמַּלְק֛וֹחַ וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה אֶל־עַֽרְבֹ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־יַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵחֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

way-yāḇiʾû ʾel-mōšeh wə-ʾel-ʾelʿāzār hak-kōhēn wə-ʾel-ʿăḏaṯ bənê-yiśrāʾēl ʾeṯ-haš-šəḇî wə-ʾeṯ-ham-malqôaḥ wə-ʾeṯ-haš-šālāl ʾel-ham-maḥăneh ʾel-ʿarḇōṯ môʾāḇ ʾăšer ʿal-yardēn yərēḥô

Grammar Details

*way-yāḇiʾû*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they brought
*ʾel-mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun - to Moses
*wə-ʾel-ʾelʿāzār*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and to Eleazar
*hak-kōhēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the priest
*wə-ʾel-ʿăḏaṯ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and to the congregation of
*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun - children of Israel
*ʾeṯ-haš-šəḇî*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the captives
*wə-ʾeṯ-ham-malqôaḥ*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the plunder
*wə-ʾeṯ-haš-šālāl*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the spoil
*ʾel-ham-maḥăneh*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the camp
*ʾel-ʿarḇōṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - to the plains of
*môʾāḇ*: proper noun - Moab
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʿal-yardēn*: preposition + proper noun - by the Jordan of
*yərēḥô*: proper noun - Jericho

Word Meanings

*way-yāḇiʾû*: and they brought/carried/led
*ʿăḏaṯ*: congregation/assembly/community
*šəḇî*: captives/prisoners
*malqôaḥ*: plunder/booty/prey
*šālāl*: spoil/booty/plunder
*maḥăneh*: camp/encampment
*ʿarḇōṯ*: plains/steppes/desert plains

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Referenced Verses

Num 22:1 : 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 31:11
86%
11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Num 31:13
81%
13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
Num 31:53-54
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80%
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.
Num 31:25-27
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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:
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Num 31:51
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Num 31:31-32
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31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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