Numbers 1:23

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

Numbers 1:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 1:23, 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 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
were fifty-nine thousand three hundredתִּשְׁעָהtisha

nine

Nine; also "ninth".

Where else “tisha” appears
were fifty-nine thousand three hundredחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

Where else “chamishim” appears
were fifty-nine thousand three hundredאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

Where else “elef” appears
were fifty-nine thousand three hundredשְׁלֹשׁshelosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shelosh” appears
were fifty-nine thousand three 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

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:

23 · This verse (above)

24Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:

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