King James Version

Numbers 31:15

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֲלֵיהֶ֖םaleyhemamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).מֹשֶׁ֑הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.הַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖םhachiyitemthe liveחָיָהparticle, interrogative, verb, piel, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “the live”, a completed actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).נְקֵבָֽהneqevahfemaleנְקֵבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “female”, the ordinary formH5347female (from the sexual form)female.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Young’s Literal Translation

And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?

World English Bible

Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?

Darby Translation

and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Douay-Rheims

Said: Why have you saved the women?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Μωυσῆς, ἱνατί ἐζωγρήσατε πᾶν θῆλυ;