Theseאֵלֶּהwere the ones calledקְרוּאֵיfrom the community,הָעֵדָהthe chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof the tribesמַטּוֹתof their fathers;אֲבוֹתָםtheyהֵםwere the headsרָאשֵׁיof the thousandsאַלְפֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 1:16
Study it in the app“These were the ones called from the community, the chiefs of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:16, word by word
- were the ones calledקְרוּאֵיkerue
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kerue” appears- from the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appears- of the tribesמַטּוֹתmatot
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appears- of their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- were the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the thousandsאַלְפֵיalfe
division
A large unit of the army or a tribe, led by a chief.
Where else “alfe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
15from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 · This verse (above)
17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by names,