Numbers 31:28

“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.”

Numbers 31:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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