1 Chronicles 5:21

“And they took captive their livestock: their camels, fifty thousand; and sheep, two hundred and fifty thousand; and donkeys, two thousand; and human persons, a hundred thousand.”

1 Chronicles 5:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 5:21, word by word

And they took captiveיִּשְׁבּוּyishbu

take captive

Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.

Where else “yishbu” appears
their livestockמִקְנֵיmikne

livestock

Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.

Where else “mikne” appears
their camelsגְּמַלֵּיgemale

camel

Camel.

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fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

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thousandאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

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and sheepצֹאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

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two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

Where else “matayim” appears
and donkeysחֲמוֹרִיםchamorim

donkey

Donkey, male donkey.

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and human personsנֶפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

Where else “nefesh” appears
and human personsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

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The context

20And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to Elohim in the battle, and he granted their plea, because they trusted in him.

21 · This verse (above)

22For many fell slain, because the war was from Elohim. And they lived in their place until the exile.

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