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“Take a censusנָשֹׂא אֶת רֹאשׁof the sonsבְּנֵיof Gershonגֵרְשׁוֹןas well,גַּם הֵםby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָםby their families;לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
Numbers 4:22
Study it in the app““Take a census of the sons of Gershon as well, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:22, word by word
- “Take a censusנָשֹׂאnaso
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “naso” appears- “Take a censusרֹאשׁrosh
total
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Gershonגֵרְשׁוֹןgershon
Gershon
Gershon, the eldest son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “gershon” appears- by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- by their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears- by their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears
The context
21And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
22 · This verse (above)
23from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall count them, everyone who enters to serve in the ranks, to do the service in the tent of meeting.