and they assembledהִקְהִילוּthe wholeוְאֵת כָּלcommunityהָעֵדָהon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיmonth,לַחֹדֶשׁand they declared their descentוַיִּתְיַלְדוּby their families,עַל מִשְׁפְּחֹתָםby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָםaccording to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof names,שֵׁמוֹתfrom twentyמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upward,וָמַעְלָהhead by head,לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם
Numbers 1:18
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With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “chodesh” appears- 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.
Where else “mishpchota” appears- 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.