אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ות נַפְתָּלִ֖י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם וּפְקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֹֽות׃
These are the clans of Naftali according to their families, and their registered ones were forty-five thousand and four hundred.
Morphology
- אֵ֛לֶּה (ʾelleh) – Root: אלה (ʾlh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun plural; Translation: “These”; Notes: Refers to the listed clans.
- מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ות (mišpəḥot) – Root: משפחה (mišpaḥah); Form: Noun feminine plural construct; Translation: “Clans of”; Notes: Indicates family divisions.
- נַפְתָּלִ֖י (Naftali) – Root: פתל (ptl); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Naphtali”; Notes: One of the tribes of Yisra’el.
- לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (ləmišpəḥotam) – Root: משפחה (mišpaḥah); Form: Preposition לְ + noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “According to their families”; Notes: Specifies lineage.
- וּפְקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם (ufqudehem) – Root: פקד (paqad); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “And their registered ones”; Notes: Refers to the census count.
- חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה (ḥamishah) – Root: חמש (ḥmš); Form: Cardinal number; Translation: “Five”; Notes: Part of the census total.
- וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים (veʾarbaʿim) – Root: ארבע (ʾrbʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + cardinal number; Translation: “And forty”; Notes: Part of the total count.
- אֶ֖לֶף (ʾelef) – Root: אלף (ʾlp); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Indicates a large number.
- וְאַרְבַּ֥ע (veʾarbaʿ) – Root: ארבע (ʾrbʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + cardinal number; Translation: “And four”; Notes: Supplement to the census total.
- מֵאֹֽות׃ (meʾot) – Root: מאה (meʾah); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “Hundred”; Notes: Finalizes the count.