Numbers

Numbers 1:20–21

²⁰From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, ²¹those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

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Numbers 1:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
From the sons	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Reuben	רְאוּבֵן֙	rə·’ū·ḇên	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7205 Reuben
the firstborn	בְּכֹ֣ר	bə·ḵōr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1060 first-born
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
according to the records	תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם	tō·wl·ḏō·ṯām	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H8435 descent, family, history
of their clans	לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם	lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4940 clan
and families	אֲבֹתָ֑ם	’ă·ḇō·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
counting	בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר	bə·mis·par	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4557 number, tale
one	לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔ם	lə·ḡul·gə·lō·ṯām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1538 skull, head, poll
by one the names	שֵׁמוֹת֙	šê·mō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H8034 name
of every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
male	זָכָ֗ר	zā·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H2145 male
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
years of age	מִבֶּ֨ן	mib·ben	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
or older	וָמַ֔עְלָה	wā·ma‘·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb; third person feminine singular	H4605 higher part
who could serve	יֹצֵ֥א	yō·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H3318 go or come out
in the army	צָבָֽא׃	ṣā·ḇā	Noun - common singular	H6635 army, war, warfare

Numbers 1:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
those registered	פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם	pə·qu·ḏê·hem	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint
to the tribe	לְמַטֵּ֣ה	lə·maṭ·ṭêh	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4294 staff, rod, shaft
of Reuben	רְאוּבֵ֑ן	rə·’ū·ḇên	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7205 Reuben
numbered 46,500	שִׁשָּׁ֧ה	šiš·šāh	Number - masculine singular	H8337 six

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Numbers 1:20 Numbers 26:5–7 · Numbers 2:10–11

Numbers 1:21 Numbers 26:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.