Numbers 31:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So there were furnishedוַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙
(vai·yim·ma·se·ru)
4560: to deliver up, offera prim. root
from the thousandsמֵאַלְפֵ֣י
(me·'al·fei)
505: a thousanda prim. root
of Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
(yis·ra·'el,)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
a thousandאֶ֖לֶף
(e·lef)
505: a thousanda prim. root
from each tribe,לַמַּטֶּ֑ה
(lam·mat·teh;)
4294: a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribefrom natah
twelveשְׁנֵים־
(she·neim-)
8147: two (a card. number)from shanah
thousandאֶ֖לֶף
(e·lef)
505: a thousanda prim. root
armedחֲלוּצֵ֥י
(cha·lu·tzei)
2502b: to equip (for war)a prim. root
for war.צָבָֽא׃
(tza·va.)
6635: army, war, warfarefrom tsaba


















KJV Lexicon
So there were delivered
macar  (maw-sar')
to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize -- commit, deliver.
out of the thousands
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
a thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
of every tribe
matteh  (mat-teh')
rod, staff, tribe.
twelve
shnayim  (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
`asar  (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
armed
chalats  (khaw-lats')
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
for war
tsaba'  (tsaw-baw')
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

King James Bible
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So 1,000 were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel--12,000 equipped for war.

International Standard Version
So 1,000 men from every tribe—12,000 from the thousands of Israel—were mustered and equipped for war.

NET Bible
So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So 1,000 men from each tribe were supplied from the divisions of Israel-12,000 men ready for war.

King James 2000 Bible
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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