The Meaning of Numbers 1:18 Explained

Numbers 1:18

KJV: And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

YLT: and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls,

Darby: and gathered the whole assembly together on the first of the second month. And they declared their pedigrees after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, according to their polls.

ASV: And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they assembled  all the congregation  together  on the first  [day] of the second  month,  and they declared their pedigrees  after their families,  by the house  of their fathers,  according to the number  of the names,  from twenty  years  old  and upward,  by their polls. 

What does Numbers 1:18 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 1:18 mean?

and all the congregation they assembled together on the first [day) of the month second and they recited their ancestry by families by houses their fathers' according to the number of names from old twenty years and above each one individually
וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־ הָעֵדָ֜ה הִקְהִ֗ילוּ בְּאֶחָד֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ עַל־ מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֗וֹת מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה וָמַ֖עְלָה לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם

הָעֵדָ֜ה  the  congregation 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵדָה  
Sense: congregation, gathering.
הִקְהִ֗ילוּ  they  assembled  together 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: קָהַל  
Sense: to assemble, gather.
בְּאֶחָד֙  on  the  first  [day) 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י  second 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ  and  they  recited  their  ancestry 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם  families 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
לְבֵ֣ית  by  houses 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבֹתָ֑ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר  according  to  the  number 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
שֵׁמ֗וֹת  of  names 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
מִבֶּ֨ן  from  old 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שָׁנָ֛ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וָמַ֖עְלָה  and  above 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.
לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם  each  one  individually 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: גֻּלְגֹּלֶת  
Sense: head, poll, skull.

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