Numbers 1:33

“those of them counted from the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.”

Numbers 1:33 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 1:33, 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 Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim

Ephraim

Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".

Where else “efrayim” appears
were forty thousand five hundredאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim

forty

Forty.

Where else “arbaim” appears
were forty thousand five hundredאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

Where else “elef” appears
were forty thousand five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh

five

Five.

Where else “chamesh” appears
were forty thousand five hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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The context

32Of the sons of Joseph, of the sons of Ephraim, 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:

33 · This verse (above)

34Of the sons of Manasseh, 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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