Study it in the app“These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of the fathers’ houses according to those of them counted, by the number of names, head by head, doing the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from twenty years old and upward.”
Theseאֵלֶּהwere the sonsבְנֵיof Leviלֵוִיby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתֵיהֶםthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesהָאָבוֹתaccording to those of them counted,לִפְקוּדֵיהֶםby the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof names,שֵׁמוֹתhead by head,לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָםdoingעֹשֵׂהthe workהַמְּלָאכָהfor the serviceלַעֲבֹדַתof the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהfrom twenty years oldמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָהand upward.וָמָעְלָה
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsLevi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avote” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearscount
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appearsper head
One by one, when counting people.
Where else “gulglota” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 · This verse (above)
25For David said, “YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
