According to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof everyכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward,וָמָעְלָהthere were eight thousand six hundred,שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹתkeepingשֹׁמְרֵיthe chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתof the Holy Place.הַקֹּדֶשׁ
Numbers 3:28
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.