The Meaning of Numbers 26:51 Explained

Numbers 26:51

KJV: These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

YLT: These are numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

Darby: These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

ASV: These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [were] the numbered  of the children  of Israel,  six  hundred  thousand  and a thousand  seven  hundred  and thirty. 

What does Numbers 26:51 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 26

1  The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
52  The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
57  The families and number of the Levites
63  None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai

What do the individual words in Numbers 26:51 mean?

These [are] those who were numbered of the sons of Israel six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty -
אֵ֗לֶּה פְּקוּדֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף וָאָ֑לֶף שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים פ

אֵ֗לֶּה  These  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
פְּקוּדֵי֙  those  who  were  numbered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
בְּנֵ֣י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שֵׁשׁ־  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֥וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אֶ֖לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וָאָ֑לֶף  and  a  thousand 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
שְׁבַ֥ע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים  and  thirty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation