King James Version
Numbers 31:35 in the King James Version says “And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.”
Numbers 31:35 · KJV
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
And threescore and one thousand asses,
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen .
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“persons”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that had not known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“by lying”
H4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
“man”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
“in all”
H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“persons”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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