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those of them countedפְּקֻדֵיהֶםfrom the tribeלְמַטֵּהof Danדָןwere sixty-two thousand seven hundred.שְׁנַיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת
Numbers 1:39
Study it in the app“those of them counted from the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:39, 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 Danדָןdan
Dan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appears- were sixty-two thousand seven hundredשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- were sixty-two thousand seven hundredשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- were sixty-two thousand seven hundredאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- were sixty-two thousand seven hundredשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- were sixty-two thousand seven hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears
Places in this verse
Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
38Of the sons of Dan, 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:
39 · This verse (above)
40Of the sons of Asher, 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: