These areאֵלֶּהthose countedפְקוּדֵיof the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Merari,מְרָרִיwhomאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןcountedפָּקַדaccording to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWHיְהוָהthroughבְּיַדMoses.מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 4:45
Study it in the app“These are those counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH through Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:45, word by word
- 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- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
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” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- according to the commandפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
44those of them counted by their families were three thousand two hundred.
45 · This verse (above)
46All those counted whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel counted, the Levites, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,