Numbers 1:22

“Of 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:”

Numbers 1:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 1:22, word by word

Of the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “vene” appears
of Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshimon

Simeon

Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".

Where else “shimon” appears
their generationsתּוֹלְדֹתָtoldota

generations

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” 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
those of them countedפְּקֻדָיpekuday

count

To list a people, how many there are.

Where else “pekuday” 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
head by headגֻלְגְּלֹתָgulglota

per head

One by one, when counting people.

Where else “gulglota” appears
maleזָכָרzachar

male

A person of the male sex, man or boy.

Where else “zachar” 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
who went outיֹצֵאyotse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yotse” appears
to the armyצָבָאtsava

army

An army.

Where else “tsava” appears

The context

21those of them counted from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

22 · This verse (above)

23those of them counted from the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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