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and they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָhave taken the countנָשְׂאוּ רֹאשׁof the menאַנְשֵׁיof warהַמִּלְחָמָהwhoאֲשֶׁרare in our hand,בְּיָדֵנוּand notוְלֹאa manאִישׁis missingנִפְקַדfrom us.מִמֶּנּוּ
Numbers 31:49
Study it in the app“and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the count of the men of war who are in our hand, and not a man is missing from us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:49, word by word
- and they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “Your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- have taken the countנָשְׂאוּnasu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasu” appears- have taken the countרֹאשׁrosh
total
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rosh” appears- of 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- are in our handיָדֵyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- is missingנִפְקַדnifkad
be missing
To find something gone.
Where else “nifkad” appears
The context
48Then the appointed officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses,
49 · This verse (above)
50So we have brought the offering of YHWH, each what he found: articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make expiation for our souls before YHWH.”