2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 1:2:1 ⧉שְׂא֗וּseuLift up Numbers 1:2:2 ⧉אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙etroshthe sum of the head Numbers 1:2:3 ⧉כָּל־עֲדַ֣תkoladahtof all the assembly Numbers 1:2:4 ⧉בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbeneiyisraelof the children of Israel Numbers 1:2:5 ⧉לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םlemishpekhotamby their families Numbers 1:2:6 ⧉לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑םleveit avotamby their fathers' houses Numbers 1:2:7 ⧉בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֔וֹתbemispar shemotby number of names Numbers 1:2:8 ⧉כָּל־זָכָ֖רkolzakharevery male Numbers 1:2:9 ⧉לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃legulgelotamhead by head |
2. Formal Translation Lift up the head of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, every male, individually by their heads. |
2. Dynamic Translation Take a complete census of the whole community of Israel, counting family by family, by their ancestral houses, listing each man by name, one by one. |