Six Hundred Thousand on Foot: Hebrew Counting Inside a Question of Provision
Numbers 11:21 וַיֹּאמֶר֮ מֹשֶׁה֒ שֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות אֶ֨לֶף֙ רַגְלִ֔י הָעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י בְּקִרְבֹּ֑ו וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֗רְתָּ בָּשָׂר֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֔ם וְאָכְל֖וּ חֹ֥דֶשׁ יָמִֽים׃ 1. Transliteration Vayyōʾmer Mōsheh: shēsh-mēʾōt ʾelef raglî hāʿām ʾasher ʾānōkhî beqirbō; veʾattāh ʾāmartā: bāsār ʾettēn lāhem veʾākhelû ḥōdesh yāmîm. 2. Literal Translation And Moshe said, “Six hundred thousand on foot are the people among whom I…