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וַיִּקַּ֣חvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.מֹשֶׁ֔הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כֶּ֣סֶףkesefmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “money”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).הַפִּדְי֑וֹםhapidyomthe ransomפִּדְיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the ransom”, the ordinary formH6306a ransomransom, that were redeemed, redemption.מֵאֵת֙meetfrom amongאֵתpreposition, preposition — “from among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.הָעֹ֣דְפִ֔יםhaodefimthe be moreעֲדַףdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the be more”, a verb used as a describing wordH5736to be (causatively, have) redundantbe more, odd number, be (have) over (and above), overplus, remain.עַ֖לalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…פְּדוּיֵ֥יpeduyeto be redeemedפָּדוּיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to be redeemed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6302as abstractly (in plural masculine) a ransom(that are) to be (that were) redeemed.הַלְוִיִּֽםhalviyimthe Leviiteלֵוִיִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;
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American Standard Version (1901)
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;
Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;
World English Bible
Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
Darby Translation
And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites;
Douay-Rheims
Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.
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