Numbers 31:35
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
זָכָר
a male
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זָכָר
Male, masculine. Zakar. God created male and female. Both equally bear His image. Both are essential to reflecting the fullness of who He is.
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יָדַע
they had known
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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מִשְׁכָּב
lying of
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מִשְׁכָּב
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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