אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת בְּנֵי־אָשֵׁ֖ר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֹֽות׃ ס
These are the clans of the sons of Asher according to their registrations: fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
Morphology
- אֵ֛לֶּה (ʾēlleh) – Root: אלה (ʾlh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun masculine plural; Translation: “These”; Notes: Refers to the listed clans.
- מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת (mišpəḥot) – Root: משפחה (mišpaḥah); Form: Noun feminine plural construct; Translation: “The clans of”; Notes: Indicates family groups.
- בְּנֵי־אָשֵׁ֖ר (bəney-Asher) – Root: בן (ben) + אשר (ʾasher); Form: Noun masculine plural construct + proper noun; Translation: “The sons of Asher”; Notes: Identifies the tribe of Asher.
- לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם (lifqudehem) – Root: פקד (pqd); Form: Preposition לְ + noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “According to their registrations”; Notes: Refers to census counts.
- שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה (šəlōšah) – Root: שלש (šlš); Form: Cardinal number masculine singular; Translation: “Three”; Notes: Part of the total count.
- וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים (waḥamiššim) – Root: חמש (ḥmš); Form: Conjunction ו + cardinal number masculine plural; Translation: “And fifty”; Notes: Combined with the previous number.
- אֶ֖לֶף (ʾelef) – Root: אלף (ʾlp); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Indicates the magnitude of the count.
- וְאַרְבַּ֥ע (wəʾarbaʿ) – Root: ארבע (ʾrbʿ); Form: Conjunction ו + cardinal number masculine singular; Translation: “And four”; Notes: Specifies an additional count.
- מֵאֹֽות׃ (meʾot) – Root: מאה (mʾh); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Completes the total registration count.