Numbers 1:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names -- every male by their polls;

📖 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 up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement `for' his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered.
• Exod 38:26 : 26 a bekah for a poll (half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary,) for every one who is passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, for six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.
• Num 1:18 : 18 and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls,
• Num 1:22 : 22 Of the sons of Simeon -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --
• Num 26:2-4 : 2 `Take up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, by the house of their fathers, every one going out to the host in Israel.' 3 And Moses speaketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, `near' Jericho, saying, 4 `From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.
• Num 26:63-64 : 63 These `are' those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, `near' Jericho; 64 and among these there hath not been a man of those numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai,
• 2 Sam 24:1-3 : 1 And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel, and `an adversary' moveth David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.' 2 And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that `is' with him, `Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.' 3 And Joab saith unto the king, `Yea, Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?'
• 1 Chr 21:1-2 : 1 And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel, 2 And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'
• 1 Chr 27:23-24 : 23 And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah hath begun to number -- and hath not finished -- and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number hath not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David.
• Num 1:26-54 : 26 Of the sons of Judah -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 27 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, `are' four and seventy thousand and six hundred. 28 Of the sons of Issachar -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 29 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, `are' four and fifty thousand and four hundred. 30 Of the sons of Zebulun -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 31 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, `are' seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. 32 Of the sons of Joseph -- of the sons of Ephraim -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 33 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, `are' forty thousand and five hundred. 34 Of the sons of Manasseh -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 35 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, `are' two and thirty thousand and two hundred. 36 Of the sons of Benjamin -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 37 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, `are' five and thirty thousand and four hundred. 38 Of the sons of Dan -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 39 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, `are' two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. 40 Of the sons of Asher -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 41 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, `are' one and forty thousand and five hundred. 42 `Of' the sons of Naphtali -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 43 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, `are' three and fifty thousand and four hundred. 44 These `are' those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men -- each for the house of his fathers, they have been. 45 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, 46 yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. 47 And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst, 48 seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 49 `Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel; 50 and thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath; they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and round about the tabernacle they encamp. 51 `And in the journeying of the tabernacle, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.' 52 And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts; 53 and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. 54 And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.
• Gen 49:1-3 : 1 And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days. 2 `Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
• Exod 1:1-5 : 1 And these `are' the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come; 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.
• Exod 6:14-19 : 14 These `are' heads of the house of their fathers: Sons of Reuben first-born of Israel `are' Hanoch, and Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these `are' families of Reuben. 15 And sons of Simeon `are' Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess: these `are' families of Simeon. 16 And these `are' the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi `are' a hundred and thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon `are' Libni, and Shimi, as to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath `are' Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath `are' a hundred and thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari `are' Mahli and Mushi: these `are' families of Levi, as to their births.