Numbers 1:43

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

Numbers 1:43 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 1:43, 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 Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaftali

Naphtali

Naphtali, a son of Jacob and Bilhah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "wrestle".

Where else “naftali” appears
were fifty-three thousand four hundredשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shelosha” appears
were fifty-three thousand four hundredחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

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

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

Where else “elef” appears
were fifty-three thousand four hundredאַרְבַּעarba

four

Four.

Where else “arba” appears
were fifty-three thousand four 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

42The sons of Naphtali, 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:

43 · This verse (above)

44These are those counted whom Moses and Aaron counted with the chiefs of Israel, twelve men; they were one man for each fathers’ house.

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