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So there were handed overוַיִּמָּסְרוּfrom the thousandsמֵאַלְפֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלa thousandאֶלֶףfrom each tribe,לַמַּטֶּהtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרthousandאֶלֶףarmedחֲלוּצֵיfor the army.צָבָא
Numbers 31:5
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Numbers 31:5, word by word
- So there were handed overיִּמָּסְרוּyimasru
hand over
To be set apart from many and made available for a task.
Where else “yimasru” appears- from the thousandsאַלְפֵיalfe
division
A large unit of the army or a tribe, led by a chief.
Where else “alfe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- from each tribeמַּטֶּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- armedחֲלוּצֵיchalutse
arm
To get ready for war.
Where else “chalutse” appears- for the armyצָבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears
The context
4A thousand from each tribe, a thousand from each tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the army.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the army, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the army, and the holy articles and the trumpets of acclamation were in his hand.