And you shall set apartוַהֲרֵמֹתָa tributeמֶכֶסfor YHWHלַיהוָהfromמֵthe menאַנְשֵׁיof warהַמִּלְחָמָהwho went outהַיֹּצְאִיםto the army:לַצָּבָאoneאֶחָדliving beingנֶפֶשׁout of five hundred,מֵחֲמֵשׁ הַמֵּאוֹתof the people,מִן הָאָדָםof the cattle,וּמִן הַבָּקָרof the donkeys,וּמִן הַחֲמֹרִיםand of the sheep.וּמִן הַצֹּאן
Numbers 31:28
Study it in the app“And 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.”
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Numbers 31:28, word by word
- And you shall set apartהֲרֵמֹתָharemota
set apart
To lift and set apart a share, the contribution for the sanctuary or for God.
Where else “haremota” appears- a tributeמֶכֶסmeches
tribute
Tribute: a portion set apart according to a count.
Where else “meches” appears- for YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of 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- oneאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- living beingנֶפֶשׁnefesh
living being
Something alive that breathes, person or animal.
Where else “nefesh” appears- out of five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- out of five hundredמֵּאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- of the peopleאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- of the cattleבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- of the donkeysחֲמֹרִיםchamorim
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appears- and of the sheepצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears
The context
27And 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.
28 · This verse (above)
29From their half you shall take it and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to YHWH.