Numbers 1:49
{ "verseID": "Numbers.1.49", "source": "אַ֣ךְ אֶת־מַטֵּ֤ה לֵוִי֙ לֹ֣א תִפְקֹ֔ד וְאֶת־רֹאשָׁ֖ם לֹ֣א תִשָּׂ֑א בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃", "text": "*ʾaḵ* *ʾẹṯ-maṭṭēh* *lēwî* *lōʾ* *ṯip̄qōḏ* *wəʾẹṯ-rōʾšām* *lōʾ* *ṯiśśāʾ* *bəṯôḵ* *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl*", "grammar": { "*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", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*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" }, "variants": { "*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" } }