אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם וּפְקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֹֽות׃ ס
These are the sons of Binyamin according to their clans, and their registered number was forty-five thousand and six hundred.
Morphology
- אֵ֥לֶּה (ʾēlleh) – Root: אלה (ʾlh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun masculine plural; Translation: “These”; Notes: Refers to the sons of Binyamin.
- בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן (bənē-Binyamin) – Root: בן (ben); Form: Noun masculine plural construct + proper noun; Translation: “The sons of Binyamin”; Notes: Indicates the descendants of Binyamin.
- לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (ləmišpəḥotam) – Root: משפחה (mišpaḥah); Form: Preposition לְ + noun feminine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “According to their clans”; Notes: Specifies family groupings.
- וּפְקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם (ufəqudēhem) – Root: פקד (pqd); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “And their registered number”; Notes: Refers to the census tally.
- חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה (ḥămiššah) – Root: חמש (ḥmš); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Five”; Notes: Part of the numerical total.
- וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים (vəʾarbāʿim) – Root: ארבע (ʾrbʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun masculine plural; Translation: “And forty”; Notes: Part of the numerical total.
- אֶ֖לֶף (ʾelef) – Root: אלף (ʾlp); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Indicates the base unit of the count.
- וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (vəšēš) – Root: שש (šš); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun feminine singular; Translation: “And six”; Notes: Adds to the count.
- מֵאֹֽות׃ (meʾot) – Root: מאות (mʾt); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Completes the numerical total.