Numbers 3:28 Go deeper

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

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בְּמִסְפַּר֙be.mis.Parby [the] number of

Lemma: מִסְפָּר (mis.par) · Strong's: H4557

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: number

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 25:15, Leviticus 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4557; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 1

כָּל\־kol-every

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 2

זָכָ֔רza.Kharmale

Lemma: זָכָר (za.khar) · Strong's: H2145

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: male

Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2145; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 3

מִבֶּן\־mi.ben-from a son of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121L

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: son: aged

Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 7:6, Genesis 11:10, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121L; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 4

חֹ֖דֶשׁCho.desha month

Lemma: חֹ֫דֶשׁ (cho.desh) · Strong's: H2320G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: month

Used 256 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 29:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2320G; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 5

וָמָ֑עְלָהva.Ma.'e.lahand up -wards

Lemma: מַ֫עַל (ma.al) · Strong's: H4605

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: above

Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4605; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 6

שְׁמֹנַ֤תshe.mo.Nateight

Lemma: שְׁמֹנֶה (she.mo.neh) · Strong's: H8083

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: eight

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8083; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 7

אֲלָפִים֙'a.la.Fimthousand<s>

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Plural · Absolute (HAcbpa)

Meaning: thousand

Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 8

וְשֵׁ֣שׁve.Sheshand six

Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: six

Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 9

מֵא֔וֹתme.'othundred<s>

Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAcfpa)

Meaning: hundred

Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 10

שֹׁמְרֵ֖יsho.me.Rei[were] [the] keepers of

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 11

מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתmish.Me.ret[the] duty of

Lemma: מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת (mish.me.ret) · Strong's: H4931

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: charge

Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 16:32, Exodus 16:33, Exodus 16:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4931; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 12

הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ\׃ha.Ko.deshthe holy place

Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: holiness

Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Numbers 3:28 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The number	→	מִסְפָּר H4557 number
of all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
the males	→	זָכָר H2145 male
a month	→	חֹ֫דֶשׁ H2320G month
old	→	בֵּן H1121L son: aged
or more	→	מַ֫עַל H4605 above
was 8,600	→	שְׁמֹנֶה H8083 eight
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
. . .	→	שֵׁשׁ H8337 six
. . .	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
They were responsible for	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard
the duties	→	מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת H4931 charge
of the sanctuary	→	קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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