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“Count those from twentyמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upward,וָמָעְלָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהcommandedצִוָּהMoses.”מֹשֶׁהAnd the sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwho came outהַיֹּצְאִיםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרָיִםwere these:
Numbers 26:4
Study it in the app““Count those from twenty years old and upward, as YHWH commanded Moses.” And the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were these:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:4, word by word
- “Count those from twentyבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- “Count those 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 upwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” 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- 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- 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- who came outיֹּצְאִיםyotsim
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotsim” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,
4 · This verse (above)
5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: Enoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;