Numbers 4:2

נָשֹׂ֗א אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ בְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֔ת מִתֹּ֖וךְ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִ֑י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָֽם׃

“Lift up the head of the sons of Qehat from among the sons of Levi, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses.

Morphology

1. נָשֹׂ֗א (naso) – Root: נשא (n-s-ʾ); Form: Qal imperative masculine singular; Translation: “Lift up”; Notes: Refers to taking a census or accounting.
2. אֶת־ (et) – Root: את (ʾ-t); Form: Direct object marker; Translation: No translation; Notes: Marks “the head” as the direct object.
3. רֹאשׁ֙ (rosh) – Root: ראש (r-ʾ-sh); Form: Masculine singular noun; Translation: “Head”; Notes: Refers metaphorically to a census or numbering.
4. בְּנֵ֣י (bene) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Masculine plural construct noun; Translation: “Sons of”; Notes: Refers to the descendants of Qehat.
5. קְהָ֔ת (Qehat) – Root: קהת (q-h-t); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Qehat”; Notes: Refers to a son of Levi and the head of a Levitical clan.
6. מִתֹּ֖וךְ (mitokh) – Root: תוך (t-w-k); Form: Preposition with masculine singular construct noun; Translation: “From among”; Notes: Indicates separation or distinction.
7. בְּנֵ֣י (bene) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Masculine plural construct noun; Translation: “Sons of”; Notes: Refers to the descendants of Levi.
8. לֵוִ֑י (Levi) – Root: לוי (l-w-y); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Levi”; Notes: Refers to the tribe of Levi.
9. לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם (le-mishpeḥotam) – Root: משפחה (m-sh-p-ḥ); Form: Feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “By their clans”; Notes: Specifies organization by family group.
10. לְבֵ֥ית (le-veit) – Root: בית (b-y-t); Form: Masculine singular construct noun with preposition; Translation: “By the house of”; Notes: Refers to their ancestral lineage.
11. אֲבֹתָֽם׃ (avotam) – Root: אב (ʾ-v); Form: Masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “Their fathers”; Notes: Indicates patriarchal ancestry.