Numbers 1:49

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ךְ אֶת־מַטֵּ֤ה לֵוִי֙ לֹ֣א תִפְקֹ֔ד וְאֶת־רֹאשָׁ֖ם לֹ֣א תִשָּׂ֑א בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

ʾaḵ ʾẹṯ-maṭṭēh lēwî lōʾ ṯip̄qōḏ wəʾẹṯ-rōʾšām lōʾ ṯiśśāʾ bəṯôḵ bənê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*ʾaḵ*: adverb - only/surely/however
*ʾẹṯ-maṭṭēh*: direct object marker *ʾẹṯ* + noun, masculine singular construct - the tribe of
*lēwî*: proper name, masculine singular - Levi
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯip̄qōḏ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall count/number
*wəʾẹṯ-rōʾšām*: conjunction *wə* + direct object marker *ʾẹṯ* + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their head/sum
*ṯiśśāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall lift/count
*bəṯôḵ*: preposition *bə* + noun, masculine singular construct - in the midst of
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name, masculine singular - Israel

Word Meanings

*ʾaḵ*: only/however/surely
*maṭṭēh*: tribe/staff/branch
*ṯip̄qōḏ*: count/number/muster
*rōʾšām*: their head/their count/their sum/their census
*ṯiśśāʾ*: lift up/take/count
*bəṯôḵ bənê yiśrāʾēl*: among the sons of Israel/among the Israelites

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 26:62 : 62 And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Num 2:33 : 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 1:46-48
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46even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 2:33
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33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Num 1:50
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50but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Num 4:18
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Num 3:15-16
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15Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
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Josh 13:14
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14Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Jehovah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spake unto him.
Deut 10:9
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9Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)
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53But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
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19As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
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Num 3:39
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