King James Version

Numbers 16:49

Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Numbers 17:14.

וַיִּהְי֗וּvayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הַמֵּתִים֙hametimthe dieמוּתdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔הbamagefahin plagueמַגֵּפָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in plague”, the ordinary formH4046a pestilence; by analogy, defeat([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.אַרְבָּעָ֥הarbaahfourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.עָשָׂ֛רasarteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).אֶ֖לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.וּשְׁבַ֣עushevaand sevenשֶׁבַעconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).מֵא֑וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.מִלְּבַ֥דmilvadfrom to apartבַּדpreposition, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from to apart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.הַמֵּתִ֖יםhametimthe dieמוּתdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…דְּבַרdevarcauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…קֹֽרַחqorachKorahקֹרַחnoun, proper name — “Korah”H7141Korach, the name of two Edomites and three IsraelitesKorah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(17-14) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

Young’s Literal Translation

and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;

World English Bible

Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.

Darby Translation

Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides them that had died because of the matter of Korah.

Douay-Rheims

And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(17-14) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ τεθνηκότες ἐν τῇ θραύσει τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα χιλιάδες καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι, χωρὶς τῶν τεθνηκότων ἕνεκεν Κορέ.