“Take a censusשְׂאוּ רֹאשׁof the wholeכָּלcommunityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלfrom twentyמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upward,וָמַעְלָהby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָםeveryoneכָּלwho goes outיֹצֵאto the armyצָבָאin Israel.”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 26:2
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Numbers 26:2, word by word
- “Take a censusשְׂאוּseu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “seu” appears- “Take a censusרֹאשׁrosh
total
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rosh” appears- communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of 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- from twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- old and upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- by their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears- who goes outיֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- to the armyצָבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears
The context
1It happened after the plague that YHWH said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,