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Numbers 31:42

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

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וּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖יתumimachatsitand from halfמַחֲצִיתconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and from half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4276a halving or the middlehalf (so much), mid(-day).בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֲשֶׁר֙asherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…חָצָ֣הchatsahdivideחָצָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “divide”, a completed actionH2673to cut or split in two; to halvedivide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participleמֹשֶׁ֔הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.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.הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםhaanashimthe a certainאִישׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…הַצֹּבְאִֽיםhatsoveimthe assembleצָבָאdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the assemble”, a verb used as a describing wordH6633to mass (an army or servants)assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred —

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American Standard Version (1901)

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred

Young’s Literal Translation

And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war —

World English Bible

Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought

Darby Translation

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses had divided, [taking it] from the men that served in the war,

Douay-Rheims

Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμισεύματος τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, οὓς διεῖλε Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν.