Numbers 3:34

“And those of them counted, according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.”

Numbers 3:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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