Exodus 12:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

Young's Literal Translation
‘(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,)

King James Bible
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Hebrew
If
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the household
הַבַּיִת֮ (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

is too
לְפִ֣י (lə·p̄î)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

small
יִמְעַ֣ט (yim·‘aṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few

for a whole lamb,
מִשֶּׂה֒ (miś·śeh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7716: A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat

they are to
ה֗וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

share with
וְלָקַ֣ח (wə·lā·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the nearest
הַקָּרֹ֥ב (haq·qā·rōḇ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

neighbor,
וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ (ū·šə·ḵê·nōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7934: A resident, a fellow-citizen

based on the number
בְּמִכְסַ֣ת (bə·miḵ·saṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4373: An enumeration, a valuation

of people,
נְפָשֹׁ֑ת (nə·p̄ā·šōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

and apportion
תָּכֹ֖סּוּ (tā·ḵōs·sū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3699: To estimate

the lamb
הַשֶּֽׂה׃ (haś·śeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7716: A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat

accordingly.
אִ֚ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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