King James Version

Numbers 4:40

Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔םpequdeyhemchargeפָּקַדverb, qal, passive participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “charge”, a verb used as a describing wordH6485to 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…לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םlemishpechotamto 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).לְבֵ֣יתleveytto 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,…אֲבֹתָ֑םavotamfatherאָבnoun, 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-'.אַלְפַּ֕יִםalpayimthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshand sixשֵׁשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁיםusheloshimand thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

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American Standard Version (1901)

even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

Young’s Literal Translation

even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

World English Bible

even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.

Darby Translation

even those that were numbered of them, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

Douay-Rheims

And they were found two thousand six hundred and thirty.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was two thousand six hundred and thirty.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ ἐπίσκεψις αὐτῶν, κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, κατʼ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, δισχίλιοι ἑξακόσιοι τριάκοντα.