Numbers 4:48

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּהְי֖וּ פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁמֹנַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-yihyû pəqûḏêhem eight thousand wa-five mēʾôṯ û-eighty.

Grammar Details

*wə*-*yihyû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were
*pəqûḏêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their numbered ones/those mustered of them
שְׁמֹנַ֣ת: cardinal number, construct state - eight of
אֲלָפִ֔ים: noun, masculine plural - thousands
*wa*-חֲמֵ֥שׁ: conjunction + cardinal number - and five
*mēʾôṯ*: cardinal number, feminine plural - hundreds
*û*-שְׁמֹנִֽים: conjunction + cardinal number - and eighty

Word Meanings

*pəqûḏêhem*: their numbered ones/those counted/their census

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 3:39 : 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Matt 7:14 : 14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last.
Matt 22:15 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in [his] talk.

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Num 4:34-47
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34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
35from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting:
36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses,
39from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
40even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
43from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
44even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
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Num 1:44-46
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44These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.
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Num 3:28
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Num 4:49
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Num 4:30
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Num 4:23
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Num 1:25
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Num 2:6
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Num 2:32
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Num 1:37
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