Numbers 4:39

“from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the ranks for the service in the tent of meeting,”

Numbers 4:39 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:39, 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
who enteredבָּאba

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “ba” appears
the ranksצָּבָאtsava

army

An army.

Where else “tsava” appears
for 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

38And those counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,

39 · This verse (above)

40those of them counted, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.

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