אֵ֖לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י וַיִּהְי֣וּ פְקֻדֵיהֶ֗ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים׃
These are the families of the Reʾuveni; their counted ones were forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
Morphology
- אֵ֖לֶּה (’elleh) – Root: אלה (’lh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun masculine plural; Translation: “These”; Notes: Refers to the families of Re’uven.
- מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת (mishpeḥot) – Root: שָׁפַח (shafakh); Form: Noun feminine plural construct; Translation: “Families of”; Notes: Denotes lineage groups.
- הָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י (ha-Re’uveni) – Root: רְאוּבֵן (Re’uven); Form: Proper noun with definite article; Translation: “The Re’uveni”; Notes: Refers to the descendants of Re’uven.
- וַיִּהְי֣וּ (vayyihyu) – Root: היה (haya); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person plural masculine; Translation: “And they were”; Notes: Indicates the total count of individuals.
- פְקֻדֵיהֶ֗ם (fequdehem) – Root: פקד (pqd); Form: Noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person plural masculine suffix; Translation: “Their counted ones”; Notes: Refers to those included in the census.
- שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה (sheloshah) – Root: שלש (shlsh); Form: Noun masculine singular absolute; Translation: “Three”; Notes: Part of the total number.
- וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ (v’arba’im) – Root: ארבע (rb‘); Form: Noun masculine plural absolute; Translation: “Forty”; Notes: Adds to the number.
- אֶ֔לֶף (’elef) – Root: אלף (’lp); Form: Noun masculine singular absolute; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Indicates the base unit of counting.
- וּשְׁבַ֥ע (ushva) – Root: שבע (shv‘); Form: Noun masculine singular absolute; Translation: “Seven”; Notes: Refers to the hundreds in the total.
- מֵאֹ֖ות (me’ot) – Root: מאה (m’ah); Form: Noun feminine plural absolute; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Completes the count of hundreds.
- וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים (ushloshim) – Root: שלש (shlsh); Form: Noun masculine plural absolute; Translation: “Thirty”; Notes: Refers to the final digit in the total.