2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 7:2:1 ⧉וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙vayakreevuthen approached Numbers 7:2:2 ⧉נְשִׂיאֵ֣יnesieithe chiefs Numbers 7:2:3 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelof Israel Numbers 7:2:4 ⧉רָאשֵׁ֖יrasheithe heads Numbers 7:2:5 ⧉בֵּ֣יתbeitof the house Numbers 7:2:6 ⧉אֲבֹתָ֑םavotamof their fathers Numbers 7:2:7 ⧉הֵ֚םhemthey Numbers 7:2:8 ⧉נְשִׂיאֵ֣יnesieithe chiefs Numbers 7:2:9 ⧉הַמַּטֹּ֔תhamatotof the tribes Numbers 7:2:10 ⧉הֵ֥םhemthey Numbers 7:2:11 ⧉הָעֹמְדִ֖יםhaomdimwho were standing Numbers 7:2:12 ⧉עַל־הַפְּקֻדִֽים׃פalhapkeudimover those who were listed |
2. Formal Translation And they brought near the leaders of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers—these were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones standing over the counted. |
2. Dynamic Translation Then the leaders of Israel—the heads of their ancestral families and the leaders of the tribes—came forward as the responsible officials over all who had been counted. |