Numbers 31:38
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּקָר
bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
shᵉlôwshîym
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מֶכֶס
mekeç
an assessment (as based upon a census)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּקָר bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Study H1241 →שֵׁשׁ shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
Study H8337 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →Cross References
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