The Meaning of Numbers 1:17 Explained

Numbers 1:17

KJV: And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

YLT: And Moses taketh -- Aaron also -- these men, who were defined by name,

Darby: And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names,

ASV: And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Moses  and Aaron  took  these men  which are expressed  by [their] names: 

What does Numbers 1:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 1

1  God commands Moses to number the people
5  The princes of the tribes
17  The number of every tribe
47  The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 1:17 mean?

And took Moses and Aaron - men these who had been mentioned by name
וַיִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן אֵ֚ת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת

וַיִּקַּ֥ח  And  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מֹשֶׁ֖ה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן  and  Aaron 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
אֵ֚ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים  men 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
הָאֵ֔לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
נִקְּב֖וּ  had  been  mentioned 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָקַב 
Sense: to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint.
בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת  by  name 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.

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