The Meaning of Numbers 1:21 Explained

Numbers 1:21

KJV: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

YLT: their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.

Darby: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

ASV: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Those that were numbered  of them, [even] of the tribe  of Reuben,  [were] forty  and six  thousand  and five  hundred. 

What does Numbers 1:21 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 1:21 mean?

those who were numbered [were] of the tribe of Reuben six and forty thousand and five hundred -
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֑ן שִׁשָּׁ֧ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת פ

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם  those  who  were  numbered  [were] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
לְמַטֵּ֣ה  of  the  tribe 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
רְאוּבֵ֑ן  of  Reuben 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְאוּבֵן  
Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Leah.
שִׁשָּׁ֧ה  six 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים  and  forty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
אֶ֖לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ  and  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
מֵאֽוֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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