Study it in the app“But David did not take the number of those from twenty years old and under, for YHWH had said he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.”
But Davidוְ דָוִידdid notלֹאtakeנָשָׂאthe numberמִסְפָּרָםof thoseלְfrom twenty years oldמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָהand under,וּלְמָטָּהforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad saidאָמַרhe would multiplyלְהַרְבּוֹתIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלlike the starsכְּכוֹכְבֵיof the heavens.הַשָּׁמָיִם
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearstake
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “nasa” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispara” appearsyears old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsbelow, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” 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” appearspromise
To give one's word that something will be done.
Where else “amar” appearsmultiply
To grow in number.
Where else “harbot” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsstar
Star.
Where else “chochve” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsThe promise is in Genesis 15:5 and 22:17.
22for Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the chiefs of the tribes of Israel.
23 · This verse (above)
24Joab son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish; and because of this there came wrath on Israel, and the number was not entered in the account of the chronicles of King David.
