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Numbers 31:40

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

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וְנֶ֣פֶשׁvenefeshand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…אָדָ֔םadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.שִׁשָּׁ֥הshishahsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.עָשָׂ֖רasarteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).אָ֑לֶףalefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, 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.וּמִכְסָם֙umikhsamand 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.לַֽיהוָ֔הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).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.וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםusheloshimand thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).נָֽפֶשׁnafeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons.

World English Bible

The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons.

Darby Translation

and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.

Douay-Rheims

Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ψυχαὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἑκκαίδεκα χιλιάδες, καὶ τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν Κυρίῳ, δύο καὶ τριάκοντα ψυχαί.