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And those countedוּפְקוּדֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Gershon,גֵרְשׁוֹןby their familiesלְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָםand by their fathers’ houses,וּלְבֵית אֲבֹתָם
Numbers 4:38
Study it in the app“And those counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:38, word by word
- And those countedפְקוּדֵיfekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” 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 familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears- and by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- and by their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears
The context
37These are those counted of the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH through Moses.
38 · This verse (above)
39from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the ranks for the service in the tent of meeting,