Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff, Young's Literal Translation ‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father’s house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod, King James Bible Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of [their] fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. Hebrew “Speakדַּבֵּ֣ר ׀ (dab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son and take וְקַ֣ח (wə·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take from them מֵֽאִתָּ֡ם (mê·’it·tām) Preposition-m | Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case twelve שְׁנֵ֥ים (šə·nêm) Number - md Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) staffs, מַטֶּה֩ (maṭ·ṭeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe [one] מַטֶּ֣ה (maṭ·ṭeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe from the leader נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם֙ (nə·śî·’ê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist of each כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every tribe. אֲבֹתָ֔ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father Write תִּכְתֹּ֖ב (tiḵ·tōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3789: To grave, to write each אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person man’s name שְׁמ֔וֹ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against his staff, מַטּ֑וֹת (maṭ·ṭō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe |