Study it in the app“If the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house shall take one according to the number of persons; you shall make your count for the lamb each according to what he eats.”
Ifוְאִםthe householdהַבַּיִתis too smallיִמְעַטforמִהְיֹת מִa lamb,שֶּׂהthen heוְ הוּאand his neighborוּשְׁכֵנוֹnearestהַקָּרֹבto his houseאֶל בֵּיתוֹshall take oneלָקַחaccording to the numberבְּמִכְסַתof persons;נְפָשֹׁתyou shall make your countתָּכֹסּוּforעַלthe lambהַשֶּׂהeachאִישׁaccording toלְפִיwhat he eats.אָכְלוֹ
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bayit” appearsbe few, too small
Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.
Where else “yimat” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyot” appearslamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appearsneighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechen” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakach” appearsnumber, count
A number, a count of people. It appears only in Exodus 12:4 and Leviticus 27:23.
Where else “michsat” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefashot” appearscount
Count, share out by the count. It occurs only in Exodus 12:4.
Where else “tachosu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “fi” appearsfood
Food, provisions.
Where else “achl” appears3Speak to all the community of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month they shall take for themselves, each man, a lamb for each father’s house, a lamb for each household.
4 · This verse (above)
5Your lamb shall be without defect, a male, a year old; from the sheep or from the goats you shall take it.
