Numbers 3:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.”

Numbers 3:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:2813 words

בְּמִסְפַּרbəmisəparIn number

כָּלkālWhole

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

מִבֶּןmibenFrom son

חֹדֶשׁḥōdešNew

וָמָעְלָהwāmāʿəlāhAnd upper part

שְׁמֹנַתšəmōnatEight

אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand

וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd six

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שֹׁמְרֵיšōmərêHedge

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

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

Word-by-word meanings

בְּמִסְפַּרbəmisəparIn number

כָּלkālWhole

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

מִבֶּןmibenFrom son

חֹדֶשׁḥōdešNew

וָמָעְלָהwāmāʿəlāhAnd upper part

שְׁמֹנַתšəmōnatEight

אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand

וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd six

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שֹׁמְרֵיšōmərêHedge

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

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