Numbers 31:39

וַחֲמֹרִ֕ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵאֹ֑ות וּמִכְסָ֥ם לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֶחָ֥ד וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃

And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to YHWH was sixty-one.

 

Morphology

  1. וַחֲמֹרִ֕ים (va-ḥamorim) – Root: חמר (ḥamar); Form: Conjunction + noun masculine plural; Translation: “And the donkeys”; Notes: Refers to the livestock included in the count.
  2. שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (sheloshim) – Root: שלש (shalosh); Form: Numeral masculine plural; Translation: “Thirty”; Notes: Part of the total count.
  3. אֶ֖לֶף (elef) – Root: אלף (ʾelef); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Indicates a numerical unit.
  4. וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ (va-ḥamesh) – Root: חמש (ḥamesh); Form: Conjunction + numeral feminine singular; Translation: “And five”; Notes: Specifies additional units.
  5. מֵאֹ֑ות (meʾot) – Root: מאה (meʾah); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Completes the count of thirty-five hundred.
  6. וּמִכְסָ֥ם (u-miksam) – Root: מכס (mekes); Form: Conjunction + noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “And their tribute”; Notes: Refers to the portion set aside as an offering.
  7. לַֽיהוָ֖ה (la-YHWH) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “To YHWH”; Notes: Specifies the recipient of the tribute.
  8. אֶחָ֥ד (eḥad) – Root: אחד (ʾeḥad); Form: Numeral masculine singular; Translation: “One”; Notes: Part of the tribute count.
  9. וְשִׁשִּֽׁים (ve-shishim) – Root: שש (shesh); Form: Conjunction + numeral masculine plural; Translation: “And sixty”; Notes: Completes the total of sixty-one.

 

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