Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 3:28 Interlinear

In the number of all the males old from a month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred keeping the charge of the sanctuary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בְּמִסְפַּר֙H4557In the numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
2כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
3זָכָ֔רH2145of all the malesproperly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
4מִבֶּןH1121olda son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
5חֹ֖דֶשׁH2320from a monththe new moon; by implication, a month
6וָמָ֑עְלָהH4605and upwardproperly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
7שְׁמֹנַ֤תH8083were eighta cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
8אֲלָפִים֙H505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
9וְשֵׁ֣שׁH8337and sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
10מֵא֔וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
11שֹֽׁמְרֵ֖יH8104keepingproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
12מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתH4931the chargewatch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
13הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃H6944of the sanctuarya sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

Verse Context

Numbers 3:27And of Kohath and the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izeharites and the family...
Numbers 3:28 (current)In the number of all the males old from a month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred keeping the charge of the sanctuary
Numbers 3:29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side...

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