And allוַ כָלthe firstbornבְּכוֹרmales,זָכָרaccording to the numberבְּמִסְפַּרof names,שֵׁמוֹתfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward,וָמַעְלָהof those of them counted,לִפְקֻדֵיהֶםwereיְהִיtwenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.שְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף שְׁלֹשָׁה וְשִׁבְעִים וּמָאתָיִם
Numbers 3:43
Study it in the app“And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those of them counted, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:43, word by word
- the firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- malesזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- according to the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of namesשֵׁמוֹתshemot
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” 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 upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- of those of them countedפְקֻדֵיfekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” appears- wereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-threeשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-threeעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-threeאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-threeשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-threeמָאתָיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears
The context
42So Moses counted, as YHWH had commanded him, every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
43 · This verse (above)
44And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,