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and human beings,וְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָםfromמִןthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhad notלֹאknownיָדְעוּlyingמִשְׁכַּבwith a male,זָכָרallכָּלthe personsנֶפֶשׁwere thirty-two thousand.שְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אָלֶף
Numbers 31:35
Study it in the app“and human beings, from the women who had not known lying with a male, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:35, word by word
- and human beingsנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- and human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- knownיָדְעוּyadu
lie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yadu” appears- lyingמִשְׁכַּבmishkav
lie with
To join someone in the intimacy of a couple.
Where else “mishkav” appears- with a maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- were thirty-two thousandשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- were thirty-two thousandשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- were thirty-two thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears
The context
34sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35 · This verse (above)
36The half —the portion of those who went out to the army— was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;