Numbers 1:3

“From twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel who goes out to the army, you shall count them by their armies, you and Aaron.”

Numbers 1:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 1:3, word by word

From twentyבֶּןben

years old

To give someone's age, how long they have lived.

Where else “ben” appears
From twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

Where else “esrim” appears
yearsשָׁנָהshana

age

The years of a person's life.

Where else “shana” appears
old and upwardמַעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears
in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

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” appears
who goes outיֹצֵאyotse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yotse” appears
to the armyצָבָאtsava

army

An army.

Where else “tsava” appears
you shall countתִּפְקְדוּtifkdu

count

To list a people, how many there are.

Where else “tifkdu” appears
and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

Where else “aharon” appears

The context

2“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.

3 · This verse (above)

4And with you there shall be a man from each tribe, each man head of his fathers’ house.

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