Numeri 26:7 (Numbers 26:7)

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Nm 26:7 hæ sunt familiæ de stirpe Ruben: quarum numerus inventus est quadraginta tria millia, et septingenti triginta.

These are the families from the line of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

# Latin Gloss Grammar Tag
1 hæ these NOM.PL.F.DEM
2 sunt are 3PL.PRES.ACT.IND
3 familiæ families NOM.PL.F
4 de from PREP+ABL
5 stirpe line ABL.SG.F
6 Ruben Reuben INDECL.NOUN
7 quarum whose GEN.PL.F.REL
8 numerus number NOM.SG.M
9 inventus found NOM.SG.M.PERF.PASS.PTCP
10 est was 3SG.PRES.ACT.IND
11 quadraginta forty INDECL.NUM
12 tria three ACC.PL.N.NUM
13 millia thousand ACC.PL.N
14 et and CONJ
15 septingenti seven hundred NOM.PL.M.NUM
16 triginta thirty INDECL.NUM

Syntax

Main Clause: hæ sunt familiæ de stirpe Ruben concludes the genealogical listing of Ruben’s descendants.

Subject: hæ familiæ functions as the subject of sunt.

Prepositional Phrase: de stirpe Ruben identifies the tribal line from which the families descended.

Relative Clause: quarum numerus inventus est provides the census total for the families just listed.

Subject of Relative Clause: numerus functions as the subject of inventus est.

Numerical Predicate: quadraginta tria millia, et septingenti triginta states the total census count of the tribe.

Morphology

  1. hæ — Lemma: hic; Part of Speech: demonstrative pronoun; Form: nominative plural feminine; Function: modifies familiæ; Translation: “these”; Notes: points to the clan groups just enumerated.
  2. sunt — Lemma: sum; Part of Speech: verb; Form: third person plural present active indicative; Function: copulative verb; Translation: “are”; Notes: links the subject with its identification.
  3. familiæ — Lemma: familia; Part of Speech: noun; Form: nominative plural feminine, 1st declension; Function: subject of sunt; Translation: “families”; Notes: refers to the Rubenite clan divisions.
  4. de — Lemma: de; Part of Speech: preposition; Form: governs ablative; Function: introduces origin phrase; Translation: “from”; Notes: indicates descent or source.
  5. stirpe — Lemma: stirps; Part of Speech: noun; Form: ablative singular feminine, 3rd declension; Function: object of de; Translation: “line”; Notes: denotes ancestry or lineage.
  6. Ruben — Lemma: Ruben; Part of Speech: proper noun; Form: indeclinable singular; Function: dependent identifier modifying stirpe; Translation: “Ruben”; Notes: patriarchal ancestor of the tribe.
  7. quarum — Lemma: qui; Part of Speech: relative pronoun; Form: genitive plural feminine; Function: links the relative clause to familiæ; Translation: “whose”; Notes: refers back to the families.
  8. numerus — Lemma: numerus; Part of Speech: noun; Form: nominative singular masculine, 2nd declension; Function: subject of inventus est; Translation: “number”; Notes: refers to the census total.
  9. inventus — Lemma: invenio; Part of Speech: verb; Form: nominative singular masculine perfect passive participle, 4th conjugation; Function: participial component of passive perfect construction; Translation: “found”; Notes: indicates the result of counting or enumeration.
  10. est — Lemma: sum; Part of Speech: verb; Form: third person singular present active indicative; Function: auxiliary verb completing passive perfect construction; Translation: “was”; Notes: combines with inventus to express a completed result.
  11. quadraginta — Lemma: quadraginta; Part of Speech: numeral; Form: indeclinable cardinal numeral; Function: part of numerical expression; Translation: “forty”; Notes: contributes to the census total.
  12. tria — Lemma: tres; Part of Speech: numeral; Form: accusative plural neuter; Function: modifies millia; Translation: “three”; Notes: completes the number forty-three thousand.
  13. millia — Lemma: mille; Part of Speech: numeral noun; Form: accusative plural neuter; Function: part of numerical predicate; Translation: “thousand”; Notes: denotes groups of one thousand.
  14. et — Lemma: et; Part of Speech: conjunction; Form: indeclinable coordinating conjunction; Function: joins numerical components; Translation: “and”; Notes: links thousands with hundreds and tens.
  15. septingenti — Lemma: septingenti; Part of Speech: numeral; Form: nominative plural masculine; Function: part of numerical predicate; Translation: “seven hundred”; Notes: specifies the hundreds portion of the total.
  16. triginta — Lemma: triginta; Part of Speech: numeral; Form: indeclinable cardinal numeral; Function: completes the numerical predicate; Translation: “thirty”; Notes: completes the total of 43,730.

 

About Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Born around 346 A.D. in Stridon, St. Jerome was a scholar fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew whose ascetic discipline and deep engagement with Scripture prepared him for a monumental task: translating the Bible into Latin. Commissioned by Pope Damasus I around 382 A.D., Jerome began by revising the flawed Old Latin Gospels, then expanded his work to the entire Bible. For the New Testament, he corrected Latin texts using Greek manuscripts; for the Old Testament, he translated most books directly from Hebrew—a controversial but principled choice. His final Psalter, however, followed the Greek Septuagint tradition for liturgical use. This composite translation, later known as the Vulgate (editio vulgata), became the authoritative biblical text of the Western Church, formally endorsed at the Council of Trent in 1546. The Vulgate’s influence extends beyond theology into textual criticism and Latin education. As one of the earliest translations grounded in original-language scholarship, it offers a vital witness to the state of biblical texts in late antiquity. Jerome’s lexical and syntactic decisions are studied to trace manuscript history and assess variant readings. Its elegant Latin, consistent in grammar and rich in vocabulary, became a model for medieval and Renaissance learning, bridging classical and ecclesiastical Latin. More than a translation, the Vulgate helped define Christian doctrine, preserved the Latin language, and laid essential groundwork for the critical study of Scripture—remaining indispensable to students of Latin, theology, and textual history.
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