And they took captiveוַיִּשְׁבּוּtheir livestock:מִקְנֵיהֶםtheir camels,גְּמַלֵּיהֶםfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםthousand;אֶלֶףand sheep,וְצֹאןtwo hundredמָאתַיִםand fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁיםthousand;אֶלֶףand donkeys,וַחֲמוֹרִיםtwo thousand;אַלְפָּיִםand human persons,וְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָםa hundredמֵאָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 5:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “gemale” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- and sheepצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- 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.
Where else “chamorim” appears- 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.
Where else “adam” appears
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.