from thirtyמִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upwardוָמַעְלָהtoעַדfiftyבֶּן חֲמִשִּׁיםyears oldשָׁנָהyou shall countתִּפְקֹדthem,אוֹתָםeveryoneכָּלwho entersהַבָּאto serveלִצְבֹאin the ranks,צָבָאto doלַעֲבֹדthe serviceעֲבֹדָהin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
Numbers 4:23
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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: