Numbers 1:18

“and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month, and they declared their descent by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head,”

Numbers 1:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 1:18, word by word

and they assembledהִקְהִילוּhikhilu

assemble

Assemble people, call them together; gather.

Where else “hikhilu” appears
communityעֵדָהeda

community

Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.

Where else “eda” appears
on the first dayאֶחָדechad

first

Literally "one": day one of the month.

Where else “echad” appears
of the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

Where else “sheni” appears
monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

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and they declared their descentיִּתְיַלְדוּyityaldu

declare lineage

To declare one's family line.

Where else “yityaldu” appears
by their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

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by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

Where else “vet” appears
by their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתָavota

head of family

The head of a family or clan.

Where else “avota” appears
according to the numberמִסְפַּרmispar

number

The amount that results from counting: how many there are.

Where else “mispar” appears
of namesשֵׁמוֹתshemot

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shemot” appears
from twentyבֶּןben

years old

To give someone's age, how long they have lived.

Where else “ben” appears
from twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

Where else “esrim” appears
yearsשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears
old and upwardמַעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears
head by headגֻלְגְּלֹתָgulglota

per head

One by one, when counting people.

Where else “gulglota” appears

The context

17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by names,

18 · This verse (above)

19as YHWH had commanded Moses. So he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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