Numbers 4:23

“from 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.”

Numbers 4:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:23, word by word

from thirtyבֶּןben

years old

To give someone's age, how long they have lived.

Where else “ben” appears
from thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim

thirty

Thirty; also "thirtieth".

Where else “sheloshim” appears
yearsשָׁנָהshana

age

The years of a person's life.

Where else “shana” appears
old and upwardמַעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears
fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

Where else “chamishim” appears
you shall countתִּפְקֹדtifkod

count

To list a people, how many there are.

Where else “tifkod” appears
who entersבָּאba

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “ba” appears
to serveצְבֹאtsevo

serve

To work at the tent of meeting.

Where else “tsevo” appears
in the ranksצָבָאtsava

army

An army.

Where else “tsava” appears
to doעֲבֹדavod

work

To toil, till the land.

Where else “avod” appears
the serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda

service

The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.

Where else “avoda” appears
in the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

Where else “ohel” appears
of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

Where else “moed” appears

The context

22“Take a census of the sons of Gershon as well, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

23 · This verse (above)

24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying loads:

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