Numbers 4:48 Go deeper
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Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (KJV)
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וַיִּהְי֖וּvai.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 4:48 word 1
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑םpe.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 4:48 word 2
שְׁמֹנַ֣תshe.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 4:48 word 3
אֲלָפִ֔ים'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 4:48 word 4
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.Meshand five
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Acbsc (Acbsc)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT Numbers 4:48 word 5
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 4:48 word 6
וּשְׁמֹנִֽים\׃u.she.mo.Nimand eighty
Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים (she.mo.nim) · Strong's: H8084
Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)
Meaning: eighty
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:28, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 35:28, Exodus 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8084; TAHOT Numbers 4:48 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| the number of men | → | פָּקַד H6485A to reckon: list |
| was 8,580 | → | שְׁמֹנֶה H8083 eight |
| . . . | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| . . . | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | שְׁמֹנִים H8084 eighty |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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