Study it in the app“The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:”
The sonsוַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵיof Reuben,רְאוּבֵןIsrael’sיִשְׂרָאֵלfirstborn,בְּכֹרtheir generations,תּוֹלְדֹתָםby their families,לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָםaccording to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof names,שֵׁמוֹתhead by head,לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָםeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom twentyמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upward,וָמַעְלָהeveryoneכֹּלwho went outיֹצֵאto the army:צָבָא
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsReuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” 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” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsgenerations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldota” 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” appearsper head
One by one, when counting people.
Where else “gulglota” appearsmale
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears19as YHWH had commanded Moses. So he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 · This verse (above)
21those of them counted from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
