The Meaning of Numbers 4:22 Explained

Numbers 4:22

KJV: Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

YLT: 'Take up the sum of the sons of Gershon also by the house of their fathers, by their families;

Darby: Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.

ASV: Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers houses, by their families;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Take  also the sum  of the sons  of Gershon,  throughout the houses  of their fathers,  by their families; 

What does Numbers 4:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 4

1  The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service
4  The duty of the Kohathites
16  The charge of Eleazar
17  The office of the priests
21  The duty of the Gershonites
29  Of the Merarites
34  The number of the Kohathites
38  Of the Gershonites
42  And of the Merarites

What do the individual words in Numbers 4:22 mean?

take - a census of the sons of Gershon even them by house their fathers' by their families
נָשֹׂ֗א אֶת־ רֹ֛אשׁ בְּנֵ֥י גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן גַּם־ הֵ֑ם לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם

נָשֹׂ֗א  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
רֹ֛אשׁ  a  census 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בְּנֵ֥י  of  the  sons  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן  Gershon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרְשֹׁון  
Sense: firstborn son of Levi born before Jacob’s family went to Egypt.
גַּם־  even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
לְבֵ֥ית  by  house 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבֹתָ֖ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם  by  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.

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