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But the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםby the tribeלְמַטֵּהof their fathersאֲבֹתָםwere notלֹאcountedהָתְפָּקְדוּamong them.בְּתוֹכָם
Numbers 1:47
Study it in the app“But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:47, word by word
- But the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- by the tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of their fathersאֲבֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- countedהָתְפָּקְדוּhatpakdu
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “hatpakdu” appears- among themתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears
The context
46all those counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
47 · This verse (above)
48For YHWH had spoken to Moses, saying,