Numbers 26:2

““Take a census of the whole community of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, everyone who goes out to the army in Israel.””

Numbers 26:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

2

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,

Read all of Numbers 26

How to use it