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And you shall divide in halfוְחָצִיתָthe plunderהַמַּלְקוֹחַbetween those who took upבֵּין תֹּפְשֵׂיthe war,הַמִּלְחָמָהwho went outהַיֹּצְאִיםto the army,לַצָּבָאand betweenוּבֵיןthe wholeכָּלcommunity.הָעֵדָה
Numbers 31:27
Study it in the app“And you shall divide in half the plunder between those who took up the war, who went out to the army, and between the whole community.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:27, word by word
- And you shall divide in halfחָצִיתָchatsita
divide
To split into parts, share out.
Where else “chatsita” appears- the plunderמַּלְקוֹחַmalkoach
plunder
What is seized in war: people and animals.
Where else “malkoach” appears- between those who took upתֹּפְשֵׂיtofse
handle
To handle an instrument or weapon with the hand.
Where else “tofse” appears- the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- who went outיֹּצְאִיםyotsim
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotsim” appears- to the armyצָּבָאtsava
war
War, going out to fight.
Where else “tsava” appears- communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears
The context
26“Take the count of the plunder of the captives, of people and of animals, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the community.
27 · This verse (above)
28And you shall set apart a tribute for YHWH from the men of war who went out to the army: one living being out of five hundred, of the people, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep.