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those of them countedפְּקֻדֵיהֶםfrom the tribeלְמַטֵּהof Reubenרְאוּבֵןwere forty-six thousand five hundred.שִׁשָּׁה וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת
Numbers 1:21
Study it in the app“those of them counted from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:21, word by word
- those of them countedפְּקֻדֵיpekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekude” appears- from the tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of Reubenרְאוּבֵןreuven
Reuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appears- were forty-six thousand five hundredשִׁשָּׁהshisha
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appears- were forty-six thousand five hundredאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- were forty-six thousand five hundredאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- were forty-six thousand five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- were forty-six thousand five hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears
The context
20The 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:
21 · This verse (above)
22Of the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those of them counted, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army: