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The Levitesהַלְוִיִּםwere countedוַיִּסָּפְרוּfrom thirty years oldמִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָהand upward,וָמָעְלָהand their numberוַיְהִי מִסְפָּרָםhead by head,לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָםman by man,לִגְבָרִיםwas thirty-eightשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמוֹנָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 23:3
Study it in the app“The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward, and their number head by head, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 23:3, word by word
- The Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- were countedיִּסָּפְרוּyisafru
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “yisafru” appears- from thirty years oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- from thirty years oldשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- from thirty years oldשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- and upwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- and their numberיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- and their numberמִסְפָּרָmispara
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispara” appears- head by headגֻלְגְּלֹתָgulglota
per head
One by one, when counting people.
Where else “gulglota” appears- man by manגְבָרִיםgevarim
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gevarim” appears- was thirty-eightשְׁמוֹנָהshemona
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appears- thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears
Translation note
Numbers 4:3 sets the age at thirty years; verse 24 of this chapter, at twenty; and Numbers 8:24, at twenty-five. Each figure is left as it is.
The context
2He gathered all the officials of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
3 · This verse (above)
4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to direct the work of the house of YHWH, and six thousand were supervisors and judges,