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Numbers 31:37

And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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וַיְהִ֛יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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.הַמֶּ֥כֶסhamekhesthe tributeמֶכֶסdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the tribute”, the ordinary formH4371an assessment (as based upon a census)tribute.לַֽיהוָ֖הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַצֹּ֑אןhatsonthe flockצֹאןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the flock”, the ordinary formH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.חָמֵ֥שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).וְשִׁבְעִֽיםveshivimand seventyשִׁבְעִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;

World English Bible

and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.

Darby Translation

and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five;

Douay-Rheims

Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ τέλος Κυρίῳ ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων, ἑξακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε·