Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 31:49-54

49And they saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559unto Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,Thy servantsעֲבָדֶ֣יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650have takenנָֽשְׂא֗וּna.se.'UH5375the sumרֹ֛אשׁroshH7218of the menאַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הha.mil.cha.MahH4421which areunder our chargeבְּיָדֵ֑נוּbe.ya.De.nuH3027,and there lackethנִפְקַ֥דnif.KadH6485not one manאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376of us.

50We have therefore broughtוַנַּקְרֵ֞בva.nak.RevH7126an oblationקָרְבַּ֣ןka.re.BanH7133for Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,what every manאִישׁ֩'ishH376hath gottenמָצָ֤אma.Tza'H4672,of jewelsכְלִֽי־khe.li-H3627of goldזָהָב֙za.HavH2091,chainsאֶצְעָדָ֣ה'etz.'a.DahH685,and braceletsוְצָמִ֔ידve.tza.MidH6781,ringsטַבַּ֖עַתta.Ba.'atH2885,earringsעָגִ֣יל'a.GilH5694,and tabletsוְכוּמָ֑זve.khu.MazH3558,to make an atonementלְכַפֵּ֥רle.kha.PerH3722for our soulsנַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּnaf.sho.Tei.nuH5315beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

51And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872and Eleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֧רve.'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵ֛ןha.ko.HenH3548tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947the goldהַזָּהָ֖בha.za.HavH2091of them, evenall wroughtמַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ma.'a.SehH4639jewelsכְּלִ֥יke.LiH3627.

52And all the goldזְהַ֣בze.HavH2091of the offeringהַתְּרוּמָ֗הha.te.ru.MahH8641that they offered upהֵרִ֙ימוּ֙he.Ri.muH7311to Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068,of the captainsשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of thousandsאֶ֛לֶף'E.lefH505,and of the captainsשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269of hundredsמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967,was sixteenשִׁשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥רshi.Shah 'a.SarH6240 H8337thousandהָֽאֲלָפִ֔יםha.'a.la.FimH505sevenשְׁבַע־she.va'-H7651hundredהַמֵּאֽוֹת׃ha.me.'otH3967and fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572shekelsשָׁ֑קֶלSha.kelH8255.

53(Forthe menאַנְשֵׁי֙'an.SheiH582of warהַצָּבָ֔אha.tza.Va'H6635had taken spoilבָּזְז֖וּba.ze.ZuH962,every manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376for himself.)

54And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872and Eleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֤רve.'el.'a.ZarH499the priestהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947the goldהַזָּהָ֔בha.za.HavH2091of the captainsשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269of thousandsהָאֲלָפִ֖יםha.'a.la.FimH505and of hundredsוְהַמֵּא֑וֹתve.ha.me.'otH3967,and broughtוַיָּבִ֤אוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935it into the tabernacleאֹ֣הֶל'O.helH168of the congregationמוֹעֵ֔דmo.'EdH4150, fora memorialזִכָּר֥וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146for the childrenלִבְנֵֽי־liv.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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