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Numbers 31:39

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.

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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.שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםsheloshimthirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).אֶ֖לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, 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.וַחֲמֵ֣שׁvachameshand fiveחָמֵשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מֵא֑וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וּמִכְסָ֥םumikhsamand tributeמֶכֶסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and tribute”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4371an 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).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,וְשִׁשִּֽׁיםveshishimand sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and one.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty;

World English Bible

The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one.

Darby Translation

and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute thereof for Jehovah, sixty-one;

Douay-Rheims

Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὄνοι, τριάκοντα χιλιάδες καὶ πεντακόσιοι, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίῳ, εἷς καὶ ἑξήκοντα·