| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Chronicles 23:3:1 ⧉וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙vayissaferuand they were counted 1 Chronicles 23:3:2 ⧉הַלְוִיִּ֔םhalveyimthe Levites 1 Chronicles 23:3:3 ⧉מִבֶּ֛ןmibbenfrom a son of or from the age of 1 Chronicles 23:3:4 ⧉שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםsheloshimthirty 1 Chronicles 23:3:5 ⧉שָׁנָ֖הshanayear 1 Chronicles 23:3:6 ⧉וָמָ֑עְלָהvamalaand upward 1 Chronicles 23:3:7 ⧉וַיְהִ֨יvayehiand it was 1 Chronicles 23:3:8 ⧉מִסְפָּרָ֤םmisparamtheir number 1 Chronicles 23:3:9 ⧉לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם֙legulgelotamby their skulls or by their heads 1 Chronicles 23:3:10 ⧉לִגְבָרִ֔יםligvarimas men 1 Chronicles 23:3:11 ⧉שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםsheloshimthirty 1 Chronicles 23:3:12 ⧉וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖הushemonaand eight 1 Chronicles 23:3:13 ⧉אָֽלֶף׃alefthousand |
| 3. Formal Translation The Levites from thirty years of age and upward were counted, and their headcount for men was thirty-eight thousand. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation The Levites who were thirty years old and older were counted, and their total of men by headcount was thirty-eight thousand. |