Numbers 1:2

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

take ye the summe of al the multitude of the childern of Israel in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers and numbre the by name all that are males polle by polle

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֔וֹת כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

Śəʾû ʾet-rōʾš all-ʿădat bənê-Yiśrāʾēl to-mišpəḥōtām to-bêt ʾăbōtām in-mispar šēmôt all-zākār to-guləgəlōtām

Grammar Details

• *Śəʾû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - lift up/take
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular construct - head/sum of
• *ʿădat*: noun, feminine singular construct - congregation of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mišpəḥōtām*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix + preposition - to their families
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct with preposition - to house of
• *ʾăbōtām*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• *mispar*: noun, masculine singular with preposition - in number of
• *šēmôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - names of
• *zākār*: noun, masculine singular - male
• *guləgəlōtām*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix + preposition - by their heads/polls

Word Meanings

• *Śəʾû*: lift up/take/count/take census
• *rōʾš*: head/sum/total/census
• *ʿădat*: congregation/assembly/community
• *mišpəḥōtām*: their families/clans
• *bêt ʾăbōtām*: house of their fathers/ancestral houses/patrilineal descent
• *guləgəlōtām*: by their heads/polls/individuals

Referenced Verses

• Exod 30:12 : 12 when thou takest the summe of the childern of Israel ad tellest them, they shall geue euery ma a reconcylinge of his soule vnto the Lorde, that there be no plage amonge them when thou tellest them.
• Exod 38:26 : 26 Euery man offrynge halfe a sycle after the weyght of the holye sycle amonge them that went to be nombred from.xx. yere olde and aboue, amonge.vj. hundred thousande ad.iij. thousande ad v. hundred ad.l. men.
• Num 1:18 : 18 and gathered all the congregacion together the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth and rekened them after their byrth and kinredes and houses of their fathers by name fro.xx. yere and aboue hed by hed:
• Num 1:22 : 22 Among the childern of Simeon: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers (when euery mans name was tolde) of all the males from.xx. yeres and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre:
• Num 26:2-4 : 2 take the number of all the multitude of the childern of Israel from.xx. yere ad aboue thorow out their fathers housses all that are able to goo to warre in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazer the preast tolde them in the feldes of Moab by Iordane fast by Iericho 4 from xx. yere and aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses. And the childern of Israel that came out of Egipte were.
• Num 26:63-64 : 63 These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Iordane nye to Iericho. 64 And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai.
• Gen 49:1-3 : 1 And Iacob called for his sonnes ad sayde: come together that I maye tell you what shall happe you in the last dayes. 2 Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and herken vnto Israel youre father. 3 Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power.
• Exod 1:1-5 : 1 ¶ These are the names of the children of Israel, which came to Egipte with Iacob euery man with his housholde: 2 Rube, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, 3 Isachar, Zabulon, Beniamin, 4 Dan, Neptali, Gad ad Aser. 5 All the soules that came out of the loynes of Iacob, were.lxx. and Ioseph was in Egipte all redie.
• Exod 6:14-19 : 14 These be the heedes of their fathers housses. The children of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel are these: Hanoh, Pallu, Hezron, Charmi, these be the housholders of Ruben. 15 The childern of Symeon ar these: Gemuel, Iamin, Ohad, Iachin. Zohar, and Saul the sonne of a Cananytesh wife: these are the kynreddes of Symeon 16 These are the names of the childern of Leui in their generations: Gerson, Kahath and Merari. And Leui lyued an hundred and. xxxvij. yere. 17 The sonnes of Gerson: Libni ad Semei in their kinreddes. 18 The childern of Kahath: Amram, Iesear, Hebron and Vsiel. And Kahath lyued an hundred and.xxxiij. yere. 19 The children of Merari are these: Mahely and Musi: these are the kynreddes of Leui in their generations.
• Num 1:26-54 : 26 Amonge the childern of Iuda: their generacion in their kinredes and housses of their fathers (by the numbre of names) from.xx. yere and aboue all that were able to warre 27 were tolde in the trybe of Iuda.lxxiiij. thousande and sixe hundred. 28 Amonge the childern of Isachar: their generacion in their kinredes and houses of their fathers (when their names were counted) from.xx. yere ad aboue what soeuer was apte for warre: 29 were numbred in ye trybe of Isachar.liiij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 30 Among the childern of Sebulon: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (after the numbre of names) from xx. yere and aboue whosoeuer was mete for the warre: 31 were counted in ye trybe of Sebulo lvij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 32 Amonge the childern of Ioseph: fyrst amoge the childern of Ephraim: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of theyre fathers (when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde) from.xx. yeres and aboue: 33 were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim xl. thousande and syxe hundred. 34 Amonge the childern of Manasse: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when the names of all yt were apte to warre 35 were tolde) from.xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse.xxxij thousand and two hundred. 36 Amonge the childern of Ben Iamin: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers (by the tale of names) from twentye yere and aboue of all that were mete for warre 37 were numbred in the trybe off Ben Iamin.xxxv. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 38 Amonge the childern of Dan: their generacion in theyr kynreddes and housses off theyr fathers (in the summe of names) off all that was apte to warre 39 from twentye yere and aboue were numbred in the trybe of Dan.lxij. thousande and.vij. hundred. 40 Amonge the childern of Aser: their generacyon in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when thei were summed by name) from.xx. yeres and aboue all that were apte to warre 41 were numbred in the tribe of Aser.xli. thousande and.v. hundred. 42 Amoge the childern of Nepthali: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathere (when their names were tolde) from xx. yeres ad aboue what soeuer was mete to warre: 43 were numbred in the trybe of Nephtali.liij. thousande and.iiij. hundred. 44 These are the numbres which Moses ad Aaro numbred with ye.xij. princes of Israel: of euery housse of their fathers a man. 45 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 46 drewe vnto the summe of syxe hundred thousande fyue hundred and.l. 47 But the leuites in the tribe off their fathers were not numbred amonge them. 48 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: 49 only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel. 50 But thou shalt appoynte the leuites vnto the habitacio of witnesse and to all the apparell thereof and vnto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bere the tabernacle and all the ordinaunce thereof and they shall ministre it and shall pitche their tentes rounde aboute it. 51 And when the tabernacle goeth forth the leuites shall take it doune: and when the tabernacle is pitched they shall sett it vpp: for yf any straunger come nere he shall dye. 52 And the childern of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne companye and euery ma by his awne standert thorow out all their hostes. 53 But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childre of Israel and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse. 54 And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to all that the Lord commaunded Moses.