The Meaning of Numbers 2:16 Explained

Numbers 2:16

KJV: All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

YLT: All those numbered of the camp of Reuben are a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.

Darby: All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

ASV: All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All that were numbered  in the camp  of Reuben  [were] an hundred  thousand  and fifty  and one  thousand  and four  hundred  and fifty,  throughout their armies.  And they shall set forth  in the second rank. 

What does Numbers 2:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 2

1  The order of the tribes in their tents

What do the individual words in Numbers 2:16 mean?

all who were numbered of the forces with Reuben a hundred thousand and one and fifty and four hundred and fifty according to their armies And the second they shall be to break camp -
כָּֽל־ הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֗ן מְאַ֨ת אֶ֜לֶף וְאֶחָ֨ד וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבַּע־ מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וּשְׁנִיִּ֖ם יִסָּֽעוּ ס

הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים  who  were  numbered 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה  of  the  forces  with 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
רְאוּבֵ֗ן  Reuben 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְאוּבֵן  
Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Leah.
מְאַ֨ת  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אֶ֜לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְאֶחָ֨ד  and  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  and  fifty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וְאַרְבַּע־  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
מֵא֥וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים  and  fifty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם  according  to  their  armies 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
וּשְׁנִיִּ֖ם  And  the  second 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, ordinal masculine plural
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
יִסָּֽעוּ  they  shall  be  to  break  camp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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