כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֨י הַלְוִיִּ֜ם אֲשֶׁר֩ פָּקַ֨ד מֹשֶׁ֧ה וְאַהֲרֹ֛ן עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם כָּל־זָכָר֙ מִבֶּן־חֹ֣דֶשׁ וָמַ֔עְלָה שְׁנַ֥יִם וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃ ס
All the numbered Levites, whom Moshe and Aharon numbered at the command of YHWH, by their families, all the males from one month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.
Morphology
- כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֨י (kol-pequdei) – Root: פקד (p-q-d); Form: Masculine plural construct noun with “kol”; Translation: “All the numbered”; Notes: Refers to the total count.
- הַלְוִיִּ֜ם (ha-leviyyim) – Root: לוי (l-w-y); Form: Masculine plural noun with definite article; Translation: “The Levites”; Notes: Refers to the tribe of Levi.
- אֲשֶׁר֩ (asher) – Root: אשר (ʾ-sh-r); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “Whom”; Notes: Introduces the relative clause.
- פָּקַ֨ד (paqad) – Root: פקד (p-q-d); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “Numbered”; Notes: Refers to taking a census.
- מֹשֶׁ֧ה (Moshe) – Root: משה (m-sh-h); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Moshe”; Notes: Refers to Moses.
- וְאַהֲרֹ֛ן (ve-Aharon) – Root: אהרן (ʾ-h-r-n); Form: Proper noun with conjunction; Translation: “And Aharon”; Notes: Refers to Aaron.
- עַל־פִּ֥י (ʿal-pi) – Root: פה (p-h); Form: Preposition with construct noun; Translation: “At the command of”; Notes: Literally “at the mouth of,” meaning “by the word of.”
- יְהוָ֖ה (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Refers to the Tetragrammaton.
- לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (le-mishpeḥotam) – Root: משפחה (m-sh-p-ḥ); Form: Feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “By their families”; Notes: Refers to divisions based on family groups.
- כָּל־זָכָר֙ (kol-zakhar) – Root: זכר (z-k-r); Form: Masculine singular noun with “kol”; Translation: “All the males”; Notes: Refers to every male individual.
- מִבֶּן־חֹ֣דֶשׁ (mi-ben-ḥodesh) – Root: חודש (ḥ-d-sh); Form: Masculine singular noun with preposition; Translation: “From one month old”; Notes: Specifies the age range.
- וָמַ֔עְלָה (va-maʿlah) – Root: מעל (m-ʿ-l); Form: Adverb; Translation: “And above”; Notes: Indicates age above one month.
- שְׁנַ֥יִם (shenayim) – Root: שנים (sh-n-y-m); Form: Masculine dual noun; Translation: “Twenty-two”; Notes: Forms part of the total count.
- וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים (ve-esrim) – Root: עשרים (ʿ-s-r); Form: Masculine plural noun; Translation: “Twenty”; Notes: Combined with “two” for the total count.
- אָֽלֶף׃ (elef) – Root: אלף (ʾ-l-p); Form: Masculine singular noun; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Refers to the total number of Levites.