But among theseוּבְאֵלֶּהthere was notלֹא הָיָהa manאִישׁof those countedמִפְּקוּדֵיby Mosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןwhoאֲשֶׁרcountedפָּקְדוּthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Sinai.סִינָי
Numbers 26:64
Study it in the app“But among these there was not a man of those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:64, word by word
- there was notהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of those countedפְּקוּדֵיpekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekude” appears- by 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- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” 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- in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinaiסִינָיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears
Places in this verse
Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
The context
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.
64 · This verse (above)
65For YHWH had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.