Study it in the app“These are those counted of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH.”
These areאֵלֶּהthose countedפְקוּדֵיof the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Gershon,גֵרְשׁוֹןeveryoneכָּלwho servedהָעֹבֵדin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדwhomאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןcountedפָּקַדaccording to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWH.יְהוָה
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsGershon
Gershon, the eldest son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “gershon” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “oved” appearstabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appearsmeeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears40those of them counted, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
41 · This verse (above)
42And those counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
