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Those of them counted,פְּקֻדֵיהֶםaccording to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof everyכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward,וָמָעְלָהthose of them countedפְּקֻדֵיהֶםwere seven thousand five hundred.שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת
Numbers 3:22
Study it in the app“Those of them counted, according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, those of them counted were seven thousand five hundred.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:22, word by word
- Those of them countedפְּקֻדֵיpekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekude” appears- according to the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” 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- were seven thousand five hundredשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- were seven thousand five hundredאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- were seven thousand five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- were seven thousand five hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears
The context
21From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 · This verse (above)
23The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the dwelling, on the west side.