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Numbers 3:28

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← Numbers 3:27	Numbers 3:28 (KJV)	Numbers 3:29 →
And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites.	In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.	The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

In the number^H4557 of all the males^H2145, from a month^H2320 old^H1121 and upward^H4605, were eight^H8083 thousand^H505 and six^H8337 hundred^H3967, keeping^H8104 the charge^H4931 of the sanctuary^H6944.

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Original Hebrew

בְּמִסְפַּר כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן־חֹדֶשׁ וָמָעְלָה שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֹות שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּ/מִסְפַּר֙	be./mis.Par	H4557	HR/Ncmsc	by/ (the) number of
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
זָכָ֔ר	za.Khar	H2145	HAamsa	male
מִ/בֶּן	mi./ben-	H1121	HR/Ncmsc	from/ a son of
חֹ֖דֶשׁ	Cho.desh	H2320	HNcmsa	a month
וָ/מָ֑עְלָ/ה	va./Ma.'e.la/h	H4605	HC/D/Sd	and/ up/ -wards
שְׁמֹנַ֤ת	she.mo.Nat	H8083	HAcmsc	eight
אֲלָפִים֙	'a.la.Fim	H505	HAcbpa	thousand(s)
וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ	ve./Shesh	H8337	HC/Acfsa	and/ six
מֵא֔וֹת	me.'ot	H3967	HAcbpa	hundred(s)
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י	sho.me.Rei	H8104	HVqrmpc	(were) (the) keepers of
מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mish.Me.ret	H4931	HNcfsc	(the) duty of
הַ/קֹּֽדֶשׁ	ha./Ko.desh	H6944	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ holy place

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a 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, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2145 — זָכָר (zâkâr, zaw-kawr'): from זָכַר; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex); [idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).
• H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
• H4605 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'al): from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
• H4931 — מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmereth, mish-mer'-reth): feminine of מִשְׁמָר; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party; charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
• H6944 — קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, ko'-desh): from קָדַשׁ; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity; consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
• H8083 — שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh, shem-o-neh'): or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from שָׁמֵן through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth; eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.
• H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
• H8337 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ; six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth; six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• eight thousand — Numbers 4:35-36
• keeping — Numbers 3:7, Numbers 3:31

Reciprocal references (5): Numbers 3:15, Numbers 3:35, Numbers 3:39, Numbers 4:44, Ezekiel 40:45

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• Nave’s: ALTAR, CENSUS, CHURCH, LEVITES

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