King James Version

Numbers 4:29

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

בְּנֵ֖יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […מְרָרִ֑יmerariMerari. See also H4848מְרָרִיnoun, proper name — “Merari. See also H4848”H4847Merari, an IsraeliteMerari. See also H4848 (מְרָרִי).לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥םlemishpechotamto familyמִשְׁפָּחָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).לְבֵיתleveytto familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אֲבֹתָ֖םavotamfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.תִּפְקֹ֥דtifqodchargeפָּקַדverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “charge”, an unfinished actionH6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overs…אֹתָֽםotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

Young’s Literal Translation

'The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, thou dost number them;

World English Bible

“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

Darby Translation

The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take ye the number of them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ υἱοὶ Μεραρὶ κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, κατʼ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, ἐπισκέψασθε αὐτοὺς,