And those of them counted,וּפְקֻדֵיהֶםaccording to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof everyכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward,וָמָעְלָהwere six thousand two hundred.שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּמָאתָיִם
Numbers 3:34
Study it in the app“And those of them counted, according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:34, word by word
- And those of them countedפְקֻדֵיfekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” 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 six thousand two hundredשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- were six thousand two hundredאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- were six thousand two hundredמָאתָיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears
The context
33From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
34 · This verse (above)
35And the chief of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail. They shall camp on the side of the dwelling, on the north.