The Meaning of Numbers 1:47 Explained

Numbers 1:47

KJV: But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

YLT: And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,

Darby: But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

ASV: But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the Levites  after the tribe  of their fathers  were not numbered  among  them. 

What does Numbers 1:47 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 1:47 mean?

But the Levites by tribe their fathers' not were numbered among them -
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֑ם לֹ֥א הָתְפָּקְד֖וּ בְּתוֹכָֽם פ

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם  But  the  Levites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
לְמַטֵּ֣ה  by  tribe 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
אֲבֹתָ֑ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
הָתְפָּקְד֖וּ  were  numbered 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
בְּתוֹכָֽם  among  them 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation