Numbers 3:28

“According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the Holy Place.”

Numbers 3:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 3:28, word by word

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
there were eight thousand six hundredשְׁמֹנַתshemonat

eight

Eight; also "eighth".

Where else “shemonat” appears
there were eight thousand six hundredאֲלָפִיםalafim

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

Where else “alafim” appears
there were eight thousand six hundredשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

Where else “shesh” appears
there were eight thousand six hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

Where else “meot” appears
keepingשֹׁמְרֵיshomre

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shomre” appears
the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret

charge

What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.

Where else “mishmeret” appears
of the Holy Placeקֹּדֶשׁkodesh

sanctuary

The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.

Where else “kodesh” appears

The context

27And from Kohath came the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

28 · This verse (above)

29The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the side of the dwelling, on the south.

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