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And those countedוּפְקוּדֵיof the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Merari,מְרָרִיby their families,לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם
Numbers 4:42
Study it in the app“And those counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:42, word by word
- And those countedפְקוּדֵיfekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “fekude” appears- of the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Merariמְרָרִיmerari
Merari
Merari, a son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “merari” appears- by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- by their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears
The context
41These 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.
42 · This verse (above)
43from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the ranks for the service in the tent of meeting,