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“Countפְּקֹדthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Leviלֵוִיby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָםby their families;לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upwardוָמַעְלָהyou shall count.”תִּפְקְדֵם
Numbers 3:15
Study it in the app““Count the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall count.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:15, word by word
- “Countפְּקֹדpekod
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekod” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” 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- by their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- from a monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- old and upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears
The context
14And YHWH spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 · This verse (above)
16So Moses counted them according to the command of YHWH, as he had been commanded.