Numbers 1:45

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{ "verseID": "Numbers.1.45", "source": "וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃", "text": "*wayyihyū* *kol-pəqūḏê* *bənê-yiśrāʾēl* *ləḇêṯ* *ʾăḇōṯām* *mibbẹn* *ʿẹśrîm* *šānāh* *wāmaʿəlāh* *kol-yōṣēʾ* *ṣāḇāʾ* *bəyiśrāʾēl*", "grammar": { "*wayyihyū*": "conjunction *wə* + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they were", "*kol-pəqūḏê*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural construct - all numbered ones of", "*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*": "noun, masculine plural construct + proper name, masculine singular - sons of Israel", "*ləḇêṯ*": "preposition *lə* + noun, masculine singular construct - for house of", "*ʾăḇōṯām*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers", "*mibbẹn*": "preposition *min* + noun, masculine singular construct - from son of", "*ʿẹśrîm*": "numeral - twenty", "*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "*wāmaʿəlāh*": "conjunction *wə* + preposition + adverb - and upward", "*kol-yōṣēʾ*": "noun, masculine singular construct + Qal participle, masculine singular - all going out", "*ṣāḇāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - army/warfare", "*bəyiśrāʾēl*": "preposition *bə* + proper name, masculine singular - in Israel" }, "variants": { "*pəqūḏê*": "numbered ones/census results", "*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*": "sons of Israel/Israelites", "*ləḇêṯ ʾăḇōṯām*": "by their father's houses/by patrilineal families", "*yōṣēʾ ṣāḇāʾ*": "going out to army/able for military service" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wayyihyū kol-pəqūḏê bənê-yiśrāʾēl ləḇêṯ ʾăḇōṯām mibbẹn ʿẹśrîm šānāh wāmaʿəlāh kol-yōṣēʾ ṣāḇāʾ bəyiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wayyihyū*: conjunction *wə* + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they were
• *kol-pəqūḏê*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural construct - all numbered ones of
• *bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: noun, masculine plural construct + proper name, masculine singular - sons of Israel
• *ləḇêṯ*: preposition *lə* + noun, masculine singular construct - for house of
• *ʾăḇōṯām*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• *mibbẹn*: preposition *min* + noun, masculine singular construct - from son of
• *ʿẹśrîm*: numeral - twenty
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *wāmaʿəlāh*: conjunction *wə* + preposition + adverb - and upward
• *kol-yōṣēʾ*: noun, masculine singular construct + Qal participle, masculine singular - all going out
• *ṣāḇāʾ*: noun, masculine singular - army/warfare
• *bəyiśrāʾēl*: preposition *bə* + proper name, masculine singular - in Israel

Word Meanings

• *pəqūḏê*: numbered ones/census results
• *bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: sons of Israel/Israelites
• *ləḇêṯ ʾăḇōṯām*: by their father's houses/by patrilineal families
• *yōṣēʾ ṣāḇāʾ*: going out to army/able for military service

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So all the Israelites who were twenty years old or older and able to serve in the army were counted according to their ancestral houses.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So were all those that were mbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Thus all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So all they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And all the numbres of the childern of Israel in the housses of their fathers from twentye yere and aboue what soeuer was mete for the warre in Israell

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the summe of the children of Israel after their fathers houses, from twentye yeare and aboue (what so euer was able to go forth to the warre in Israel)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So this was all the summe of the sonnes of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre in Israel,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So were all the numbers of the chyldren of Israel throughout the houses of their fathers, from twentie yeres and aboue, all that went foorth to the warre in Israel:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So all they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So all they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,

• World English Bible (2000)

  So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.