Numbers 28:29

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

World English Bible · Public Domain

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עִשָּׂרוֹן֙

ʻissârôwn

H6241

“tithe”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 33× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 29:40

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6235

TWOT: 1711h

tenth part, tithe

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

6: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

עִשָּׂרוֹן֙ tithe H6241 occurs in 22 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

4 nouns
2 adjectives

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עִשָּׂרוֹן֙ tithe H6241 ×2
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ lamb H3532 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 10 words from the Hebrew and 16 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 6 Hebrew tokens and 9 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 16 words vs World English Bible 10. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 28:29 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

עִשָּׂרוֹן֙ עִשָּׂר֔וֹן לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ הָאֶחָ֑ד לְשִׁבְעַ֖ת הַכְּבָשִֽׂים

a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 28:29 Septuagint · lemma form

δέκατος δέκατος ὁ ἀμνός ὁ εἷς ὁ ἑπτά ἀμνός

A tenth for each lamb separately, for the seven lambs; and a kid of the goats,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

עִשְׂרוֹנָא עִשְׂרוֹנָא לְאִמְרָא חָד לְשַׁבְעָא אִימְרִין

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

עִשְרוֹנָא עִשְרוֹנָא לְאִימַר חָד כְּדֵין לְשׁוּבְעָא אִימְרִין

a tenth to a lamb; so for the seven lambs

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 28:29 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.

a tenth of an ephah

"A tenth" means one part out of ten equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "2 liters" or "a tenth of an ephah (which is about 2 liters)" (See: Fractions and Biblical Volume)

fine flour mixed with oil

This can be stated in active form. AT: "fine flour which you mix with oil" (See: Active or Passive)

to make atonement

The word "atonement" can be expressed with the verb "atone." AT: "to atone" (See: Abstract Nouns)

their drink offerings

This refers to the drink offerings that are required to accompany each of the animals when they are sacrificed. AT: "the drink offerings that are offered with them" or "the drink offerings that accompany them" (See: Possession)

translationWords

tenth

goat

atonement

blemish

drink offering

burnt offering

grain offering

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 6 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻissârôwn (“tithe”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʻissârôwn carries the sense “tithe.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Exodus 29:40, which shares the word «tithe», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “tithe” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
The Septuagint runs longer here than the Hebrew. What might account for the difference?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?

Things to notice

This verse counts 6 Hebrew ↔ 9 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
“tithe” occurs 2× in this single verse.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.