King James Version

Numbers 31:33

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

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וּבָקָ֕רuvaqarand herdבָּקָרconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and herd”, the ordinary formH1241beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herdbeeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.שְׁנַ֥יִםshenayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםveshivimand seventyשִׁבְעִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).אָֽלֶףalefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,

Young’s Literal Translation

and of the herd two and seventy thousand;

World English Bible

seventy-two thousand head of cattle,

Darby Translation

and seventy-two thousand oxen,

Douay-Rheims

Seventy-two thousand oxen,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and oxen, seventy-two thousand:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ βόες, δύο καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδες·