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and sixteen thousandוְ שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אָלֶףhuman beings—נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם
Numbers 31:46
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Numbers 31:46, word by word
- and sixteen thousandשִׁשָּׁהshisha
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appears- and sixteen thousandעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- and sixteen thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears- human beings—נֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- human beings—אָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
45thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
46 · This verse (above)
47from the half of the sons of Israel Moses took the one drawn out of every fifty, of the people and of the animals, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the dwelling of YHWH, as YHWH had commanded Moses.