Study it in the app““Take a census of the whole community of the sons of Israel by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.”
“Take a censusשְׂאוּ אֶת רֹאשׁof the wholeכָּלcommunityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלby their families,לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָםaccording to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof names,שֵׁמוֹתeveryכָּלmale,זָכָרhead by head.לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “seu” appearstotal
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rosh” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” 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” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appearsmale
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appearsper head
One by one, when counting people.
Where else “gulglota” appears“Take a census” renders the Hebrew expression “lift up the head” of someone: to count him. The men who can go to war are counted.
1And YHWH spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3From twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel who goes out to the army, you shall count them by their armies, you and Aaron.
