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Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. (KJV)

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand they were

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Numbers 4:40 word 1

פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔םpe.Ku.dei.Hemenrolled [men] their

Lemma: פָּקַד (pa.qad) · Strong's: H6485A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqsmpc)

Meaning: to reckon: list

Used 127 times. Also: Exodus 30:12, Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:14, Exodus 38:21, Exodus 38:25, Exodus 38:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6485A; TAHOT Numbers 4:40 word 2

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans their

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) · Strong's: H4940

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: family

Used 302 times. Also: Genesis 8:19, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4940; TAHOT Numbers 4:40 word 3

לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitto [the] house of

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M

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

Meaning: house: household

Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Numbers 4:40 word 4

אֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.Tamancestors their

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Numbers 4:40 word 5

אַלְפַּ֕יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousand

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

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Dual · Absolute (HAcbda)

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 4:40 word 6

וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.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 4:40 word 7

מֵא֖וֹתme.'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 4:40 word 8

וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים\׃u.she.lo.Shimand thirty

Lemma: שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) · Strong's: H7970

Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)

Meaning: thirty

Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7970; TAHOT Numbers 4:40 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

And those	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
numbered	→	פָּקַד H6485A to reckon: list
by their clans	→	מִשְׁפָּחָה H4940 family
and families	→	אָב H0001G father
. . .	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household
totaled 2,630	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
. . .	→	שֵׁשׁ H8337 six
. . .	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
. . .	→	שְׁלֹשִׁים H7970 thirty

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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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