Numbers 1:16

“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.”

Numbers 1:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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