Study it in the app“And with them, according to their generations, by their fathers’ houses, were bands of the army of war: thirty-six thousand, for they had many wives and sons.”
And with them,וַעֲלֵיהֶםaccording to their generations,לְתֹלְדוֹתָםby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבוֹתָםwerebandsגְּדוּדֵיof the armyצְבָאof war:מִלְחָמָהthirty-sixשְׁלֹשִׁים וְשִׁשָּׁהthousand,אָלֶףforכִּיthey had manyהִרְבּוּwivesנָשִׁיםand sons.וּבָנִים
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldota” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appearsband, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedude” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tseva” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “hirbu” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears3And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; five, all of them heads.
4 · This verse (above)
5And their brothers, of all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor: eighty-seven thousand was their genealogical record of all.
