The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 5:21 Explained

1 Chronicles 5:21

KJV: And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

YLT: And they take captive their cattle, of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of human beings a hundred thousand;

Darby: And they took away their cattle: their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand human souls.

ASV: And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they took away  their cattle;  of their camels  fifty  thousand,  and of sheep  two hundred  and fifty  thousand,  and of asses  two thousand,  and of men  an hundred  thousand. 

What does 1 Chronicles 5:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 5

1  Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright
3  Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites
11  The chief men of Gad, and their habitations
18  Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites
23  The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh
25  The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 5:21 mean?

And they took away their livestock of their camels fifty thousand and of their sheep two hundred and fifty thousand and of their donkeys two thousand and also of their men a hundred thousand
וַיִּשְׁבּ֣וּ מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֙לֶף֙ וְצֹ֗אן מָאתַ֤יִם וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ אֶ֔לֶף וַחֲמוֹרִ֖ים אַלְפָּ֑יִם וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ אָדָ֖ם מֵ֥אָה אָֽלֶף

וַיִּשְׁבּ֣וּ  And  they  took  away 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁבָה  
Sense: to take captive.
מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם  their  livestock 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.
גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞ם  of  their  camels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: גָּמָל  
Sense: camel.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
אֶ֙לֶף֙  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְצֹ֗אן  and  of  their  sheep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
מָאתַ֤יִם  two  hundred 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙  and  fifty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
אֶ֔לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וַחֲמוֹרִ֖ים  and  of  their  donkeys 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֲמֹור 
Sense: (he)ass.
אַלְפָּ֑יִם  two  thousand 
Parse: Number, md
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ  and  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
אָדָ֖ם  of  their  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
מֵ֥אָה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אָֽלֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.

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