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But the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwere notלֹאcountedהָתְפָּקְדוּamongבְּתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 2:33
Study it in the app“But the Levites were not counted among the sons of Israel, as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 2:33, word by word
- But the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- countedהָתְפָּקְדוּhatpakdu
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “hatpakdu” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” 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
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34And the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses: so they camped by their banners, and so they set out, each man by his families, by his fathers’ house.