Numbers 1:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”

Numbers 1:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 1:2021 words

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

בְנֵיvənêSon

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

תּוֹלְדֹתָםtwōlədōtāmDescent

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםləmišəpəḥōtāmTo family

לְבֵיתləvêtTo a house

אֲבֹתָםʾăvōtāmFather

בְּמִסְפַּרbəmisəparIn number

שֵׁמוֹתšēmwōtAppellation

לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָםləguləgəlōtāmTo skull

כָּלkālWhole

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

מִבֶּןmibenFrom son

עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וָמַעְלָהwāmaʿəlāhAnd upper part

כֹּלkōlWhole

יֹצֵאyōṣēʾGo

צָבָאṣāvāʾMass

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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