Numbers 31:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם מִן־הַ֨נָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יָדְע֖וּ מִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר כָּל־נֶ֕פֶשׁ שְׁנַ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃

Transliteration

And-nepeš ʾādām from-the-nāšîm ʾăšer not-yādəʿû miškab zākār, all-nepeš two and-thirty ʾālep.

Grammar Details

*nepeš*: feminine singular construct noun - soul/person/life of
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/mankind/people
*nāšîm*: feminine plural noun with definite article - women
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*yādəʿû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they knew
*miškab*: masculine singular construct noun - lying with
*zākār*: masculine singular noun - male
*ʾālep*: masculine singular noun - thousand

Word Meanings

*nepeš*: soul/person/life/being
*ʾādām*: man/mankind/humans
*yādəʿû*: knew/experienced/had intercourse with
*miškab*: lying with/bed of/sexual intercourse with

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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