Numbers 31:46
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
and the humanאָדָ֔ם
(a·dam,)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
beingsוְנֶ֣פֶשׁ
(ve·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
were 16,000--שִׁשָּׁ֥ה
(shi·shah)
8337a: six (a card. number)from an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
And sixteen
shesh  (shaysh)
six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth -- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
`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.
persons
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and the human beings were 16,000--

King James Bible
And sixteen thousand persons;)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and 16,000 people.

International Standard Version
and 16,000 people.

NET Bible
and 16,000 people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and 16,000 people.

King James 2000 Bible
And sixteen thousand persons;)
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