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And with youוְאִתְּכֶםthere shall beיִהְיוּa manאִישׁ אִישׁfrom each tribe,לַמַּטֶּהeach manאִישׁheadרֹאשׁof his fathers’ house.לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו הוּא
Numbers 1:4
Study it in the app“And with you there shall be a man from each tribe, each man head of his fathers’ house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:4, word by word
- there shall beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- from each tribeמַּטֶּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- of his fathers’ houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- of his fathers’ houseאֲבֹתָיavotay
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avotay” appears
The context
3From twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel who goes out to the army, you shall count them by their armies, you and Aaron.
4 · This verse (above)
5And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;