Study it in the app““When you take the census of the sons of Israel by their numbering, each shall give a compensation for his life to YHWH when they are numbered, so that there will be no plague among them when they are numbered.”
“Whenכִּיyou takeתִשָּׂאthe censusאֶת רֹאשׁof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלby their numbering,לִפְקֻדֵיהֶםeachוְ אִישׁshall giveנָתְנוּa compensationכֹּפֶרfor his lifeנַפְשׁוֹto YHWHלַיהוָהwhen they are numbered,בִּפְקֹד אֹתָםso that there will beוְ יִהְיֶהnoלֹאplagueנֶגֶףamong themבָהֶםwhen they are numbered.בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisa” appearstotal
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rosh” 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” appearscount
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appearsransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “kofer” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” 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 “yhva” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appearsplague
A striking blow of judgment.
Where else “negef” appears“Compensation for his life” (kofer nafsho): the text says it is “so that there will be no plague among them when they are numbered.” Compare 2 Samuel 24, where a census brought a plague.
11YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
12 · This verse (above)
13This they shall give, everyone who passes over to those numbered: half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to YHWH.
