Numbers 4:47

“from 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,”

Numbers 4:47 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:47, 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
to doעֲבֹדavod

work

To toil, till the land.

Where else “avod” appears
the workעֲבֹדַתavodat

labor

The task someone does with his hands, above all work in the field.

Where else “avodat” appears
of carrying loadsמַשָּׂאmasa

burden

A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.

Where else “masa” 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

46All those counted whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel counted, the Levites, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,

47 · This verse (above)

48those of them counted were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

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