21 Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
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Bible in Basic English, Verse 21
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֑ן שִׁשָּׁ֧ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פ
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
שִׁשָּׁ֧ה
וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
ἡ ἐπίσκεψις αὐτῶν ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ῥουβὴν, ἓξ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδες καὶ πεντακόσιοι.
ἡ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
ἐπίσκεψις
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἐπίσκεψις
- Transliteration
- episkepsis
- Morphology
- nominative singular feminine third-declension pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 30
αὐτῶν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
ἐκ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐκ
- Transliteration
- ek
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, out of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
- Occurrences
- 3500
τῆς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
φυλῆς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- φυλή
- Transliteration
- phyles
- Morphology
- noun, feminine genitive singular
- Gloss
- of a tribe
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Tribe, clan, or people-group.
- Occurrences
- 251
Ῥουβὴν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- Ῥουβήν
- Transliteration
- Rhouben
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Reuben
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Reuben.
- Occurrences
- 86
ἓξ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἕξ
- Transliteration
- hex
- Morphology
- numeral, indeclinable
- Gloss
- six
- Part of Speech
- numeral
- Definition
- The numeral six.
- Occurrences
- 100
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
τεσσαράκοντα
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- τεσσαράκοντα
- Transliteration
- tessarakonta
- Morphology
- numeral, indeclinable
- Gloss
- forty
- Part of Speech
- numeral
- Definition
- The numeral forty.
- Occurrences
- 101
χιλιάδες
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- χιλιάς
- Transliteration
- chiliades
- Morphology
- noun/numeral, feminine nominative plural
- Gloss
- thousands
- Part of Speech
- noun/numeral
- Definition
- Thousands.
- Occurrences
- 292
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
πεντακόσιοι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- πεντακόσιοι
- Transliteration
- pentakosioi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 31
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
מִנְיָנֵיהוֹן לְשִׁבְטָא דִרְאוּבֵן אַרְבְּעִין וְשִׁתָּא אַלְפִין וַחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה
מִנְיָנֵיהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ניניהון
- Transliteration
- mnynyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 19
לְשִׁבְטָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שבטא
- Transliteration
- lshbt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 93
דִרְאוּבֵן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ראובן
- Transliteration
- dr'wbn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 45
אַרְבְּעִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארבעין
- Transliteration
- 'rb'yn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 61
וְשִׁתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שתא
- Transliteration
- wsht'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 110
אַלְפִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אלפין
- Transliteration
- 'lpyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 87
וַחֲמֵשׁ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חמש
- Transliteration
- wchmsh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 66
מְאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מאה
- Transliteration
- m'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 168
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܡܢܝܢܗܘܢ ܕܫܒܛܐ ܕܪܘܒܝܠ. ܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܘܐܫܬܐ ܐܠܦ̈ܝܢ ܘܚܡܫܡܐܐ.
ܡܢܝܢܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢܝܢܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- mnynhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 26
ܕܫܒܛܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܫܒܛܐ
- Transliteration
- dshbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 51
ܕܪܘܒܝܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܪܘܒܝܠ
- Transliteration
- drwbyl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 12
ܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܪܒܥܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'rb'yn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 59
ܘܐܫܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܫܬܐ
- Transliteration
- w'sht'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 8
ܐܠܦ̈ܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܠܦܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'lpyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 335
ܘܚܡܫܡܐܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܚܡܫܡܐܐ
- Transliteration
- whmshm''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 24
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
quadraginta sex millia quingenti.
quadraginta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quadraginta
- Transliteration
- quadraginta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 156
sex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sex
- Transliteration
- sex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 128
milia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mille
- Transliteration
- milia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 626
quingenti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quingenti
- Transliteration
- quingenti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 60
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Numbers 26:7
These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
3 relevance votes