Study it in the app“He counted the young men of the commanders of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he counted all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”
He countedוַיִּפְקֹדthe young menנַעֲרֵיof the commandersשָׂרֵיof the provinces,הַמְּדִינוֹתand they wereוַיִּהְיוּtwo hundredמָאתַיִםand thirty-two;שְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםand afterוְאַחֲרֵיthemהֶםhe countedפָּקַדallכָּלthe people,הָעָםallכָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsevenשִׁבְעַתthousand.אֲלָפִים
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “yifkod” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naare” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears14Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘By the young men of the commanders of the provinces.’” And he said, “Who will start the battle?” He said, “You.”
15 · This verse (above)
16They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking and drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings helping him.
