Those of them countedוַ פְקֻדֵיהֶםwereיִּהְיוּtwenty-three thousand,שְׁלֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶףeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward;וָמָעְלָהforכִּיthey were notלֹאcountedהָתְפָּקְדוּamongבְּתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלbecauseכִּיnoלֹאinheritanceנַחֲלָהwas givenנִתַּןto themלָהֶםamongבְּתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 26:62
Study it in the app“Those of them counted were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the sons of Israel, because no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:62, word by word
- Those of them countedפְקֻדֵיfekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” appears- wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- twenty-three thousandשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- twenty-three thousandעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-three thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- from a monthבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- from a monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- old and upwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” 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- inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- was givenנִתַּןnitan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitan” appears
The context
61But Nadab and Abihu died when they presented strange fire before YHWH.
62 · This verse (above)
63These are those counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.