King James Version

Numbers 31:34

And threescore and one thousand asses,

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וַחֲמֹרִ֕יםvachamorimand assחֲמוֹרconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “and ass”, the ordinary formH2543a male ass (from its dun red)(he) ass.אֶחָ֥דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,וְשִׁשִּׁ֖יםveshishimand sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.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 one thousand asses,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and threescore and one thousand asses,

Young’s Literal Translation

and of asses one and sixty thousand;

World English Bible

sixty-one thousand donkeys,

Darby Translation

and sixty-one thousand asses,

Douay-Rheims

Sixty-one thousand asses:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and threescore and one thousand asses,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and asses, sixty-one thousand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὄνοι, μία καὶ ἑξήκοντα χιλιάδες·

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Young’s Literal Translation

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Douay-Rheims

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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