Numbers 31:32

וַיְהִי֙ הַמַּלְקֹ֔וחַ יֶ֣תֶר הַבָּ֔ז אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּזְז֖וּ עַ֣ם הַצָּבָ֑א צֹ֗אן שֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות אֶ֛לֶף וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־אֲלָפִֽים׃

And the plunder, the remainder of the spoil that the army had taken, was sheep: six hundred and seventy-five thousand.

 

Morphology

  1. וַיְהִי֙ (va-yehi) – Root: היה (haya); Form: Conjunction + verb Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it was”; Notes: Indicates the occurrence of an event.
  2. הַמַּלְקֹ֔וחַ (ha-malko’ach) – Root: לקח (laqach); Form: Definite article + noun masculine singular; Translation: “The plunder”; Notes: Refers to the goods taken in war.
  3. יֶ֣תֶר (yeter) – Root: יתר (yatar); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “The remainder”; Notes: Indicates what is left over.
  4. הַבָּ֔ז (ha-baz) – Root: בזז (bazaz); Form: Definite article + noun masculine singular; Translation: “The spoil”; Notes: Refers to booty or loot.
  5. אֲשֶׁ֥ר (asher) – Root: אשר (asher); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “That”; Notes: Introduces a relative clause.
  6. בָּזְז֖וּ (bazzu) – Root: בזז (bazaz); Form: Verb Qal perfect 3rd person plural; Translation: “They plundered”; Notes: Describes the act of taking spoil.
  7. עַ֣ם (ʿam) – Root: עם (ʿam); Form: Noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “The people of”; Notes: Refers to a group or nation.
  8. הַצָּבָ֑א (ha-tsava) – Root: צבא (tsava); Form: Definite article + noun masculine singular; Translation: “The army”; Notes: Refers to the military force.
  9. צֹ֗אן (tsoʾn) – Root: צאן (tsoʾn); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Sheep”; Notes: Refers to flocks of sheep or goats.
  10. שֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות (shesh-meʾot) – Root: שש (shesh) + מאה (meʾah); Form: Numeral; Translation: “Six hundred”; Notes: Indicates the quantity.
  11. וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים (ve-shivʿim) – Root: שבע (shevaʿ); Form: Conjunction + numeral masculine plural; Translation: “And seventy”; Notes: Indicates the addition to the total.
  12. אֶ֖לֶף (eleph) – Root: אלף (eleph); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Refers to a group of a thousand.
  13. וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־אֲלָפִֽים׃ (va-ḥameshet-alafim) – Root: חמש (ḥamesh) + אלף (eleph); Form: Conjunction + numeral construct; Translation: “And five thousand”; Notes: Completes the total number of sheep.

 

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