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Allכָּלthose countedהַפְּקֻדִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןand the chiefsוּנְשִׂיאֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcounted,פָּקַדthe Levites,אֶת הַלְוִיִּםby their familiesלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםand by their fathers’ houses,וּלְבֵית אֲבֹתָם
Numbers 4:46
Study it in the app“All those counted whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel counted, the Levites, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:46, word by word
- those countedפְּקֻדִיםpekudim
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekudim” 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- and the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- by their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
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
45These are those counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH through Moses.
46 · This verse (above)
47from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying loads in the tent of meeting,