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Allכָּלthose countedהַפְּקֻדִיםof the campלְמַחֲנֵהof Danדָןare one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred.מְאַת אֶלֶף וְשִׁבְעָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹתThey shall set outיִסְעוּlast,לָאַחֲרֹנָהby their banners.”לְדִגְלֵיהֶם
Numbers 2:31
Study it in the app“All those counted of the camp of Dan are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, by their banners.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 2:31, word by word
- those countedפְּקֻדִיםpekudim
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekudim” appears- of the campמַחֲנֵהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- of Danדָןdan
Dan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appears- are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundredמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundredאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundredשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundredחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundredשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- They shall set outיִסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- lastאַחֲרֹנָהacharona
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharona” appears- by their bannersדִגְלֵיdigle
banner
Banner, standard: the sign under which each group of tribes camped and marched.
Where else “digle” 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
30and his army, those of them counted, are fifty-three thousand four hundred.
31 · This verse (above)
32These are those counted of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ houses; all those counted of the camps by their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.