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These areאֵלֶּהthose countedהַפְּקֻדִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןcountedפָּקַדwith the chiefsוּנְשִׂיאֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרmen;אִישׁthey wereהָיוּoneאֶחָדmanאִישׁfor each fathers’ house.לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו
Numbers 1:44
Study it in the app“These are those counted whom Moses and Aaron counted with the chiefs of Israel, twelve men; they were one man for each fathers’ house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:44, word by word
- those countedפְּקֻדִיםpekudim
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekudim” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” 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- with the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appears- of 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- twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- they wereהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- for each fathers’ houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- for each fathers’ houseאֲבֹתָיavotay
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avotay” appears
The context
43those of them counted from the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 · This verse (above)
45So all those counted of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel who went out to the army,