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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Countפְּקֹדeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכֹרmaleזָכָרof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward,וָמָעְלָהand takeוְשָׂאthe numberאֵת מִסְפַּרof their names.שְׁמֹתָם
Numbers 3:40
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:40, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “Countפְּקֹדpekod
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekod” appears- firstbornבְּכֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” 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- and takeשָׂאsa
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “sa” appears- the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of their namesשְׁמֹתָshemota
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemota” appears
The context
39All those counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH, by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 · This verse (above)
41And you shall take the Levites for me —I am YHWH— in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of every firstborn among the livestock of the sons of Israel.”