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Numbers 31:5
“So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָסַרmâçar · maw-sar'
H4560 · Hebrew
H4560 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- commit, deliver.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙ — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 31:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָסַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.