אֵ֛לֶּה פְּקוּדֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֤י הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ לְצִבְאֹתָ֔ם שֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות אֶ֨לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ות וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃
These are the numbered ones of the sons of Yisra’el, by their fathers’ houses. All the numbered ones of the camps, by their divisions, were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
Morphology
- אֵ֛לֶּה (elleh) – Root: אלה (ʾ-l-h); Form: Demonstrative pronoun, plural; Translation: “These”; Notes: Refers to the subject of the enumeration.
- פְּקוּדֵ֥י (pequdei) – Root: פקד (p-q-d); Form: Masculine plural construct noun; Translation: “The numbered ones of”; Notes: Refers to those who were counted.
- בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (bnei-Yisra’el) – Root: בן (b-n) + ישראל (y-s-r-ʾ-l); Form: Masculine plural construct with proper noun; Translation: “The sons of Yisra’el”; Notes: Refers to the people of Israel.
- לְבֵ֣ית (le-veit) – Root: בית (b-y-t); Form: Masculine singular noun with preposition; Translation: “By the house of”; Notes: Refers to family divisions.
- אֲבֹתָ֑ם (avotam) – Root: אב (ʾ-b); Form: Masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “Their fathers”; Notes: Indicates ancestral houses.
- כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֤י (kol-pequdei) – Root: כל (k-l) + פקד (p-q-d); Form: Noun, singular construct + plural construct noun; Translation: “All the numbered ones of”; Notes: Emphasizes the total count.
- הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ (ha-machanot) – Root: מחנה (m-ḥ-n-h); Form: Feminine plural noun with definite article; Translation: “The camps”; Notes: Refers to the organized tribal camps.
- לְצִבְאֹתָ֔ם (le-tsiv’otam) – Root: צבא (ts-v-ʾ); Form: Masculine plural noun with preposition and 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “By their divisions”; Notes: Refers to the military or organizational groupings.
- שֵׁשׁ־ (shesh) – Root: שש (sh-sh); Form: Feminine singular numeral construct; Translation: “Six”; Notes: Indicates the base number in the count.
- מֵאֹ֥ות (me’ot) – Root: מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Feminine plural noun; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Indicates units of hundreds.
- אֶ֨לֶף֙ (elef) – Root: אלף (ʾ-l-p); Form: Masculine singular noun; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Indicates units of a thousand.
- וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (u-sheloshet) – Root: שלש (sh-l-sh); Form: Masculine plural numeral with conjunction; Translation: “And three”; Notes: Adds three thousand to the total.
- אֲלָפִ֔ים (alafim) – Root: אלף (ʾ-l-p); Form: Masculine plural noun; Translation: “Thousands”; Notes: Indicates units of thousands.
- וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (va-ḥamesh) – Root: חמש (ḥ-m-sh); Form: Masculine singular numeral with conjunction; Translation: “And five”; Notes: Refers to five hundred.
- מֵאֹ֖ות (me’ot) – Root: מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Feminine plural noun; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Indicates units of hundreds.
- וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים (va-ḥamishim) – Root: חמש (ḥ-m-sh); Form: Masculine plural numeral with conjunction; Translation: “And fifty”; Notes: Adds fifty to the total.