Study it in the app“Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel,”
Thenוַthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתof the LevitesהַלְוִיִּםapproachedיִּגְּשׁוּEleazarאֶל אֶלְעָזָרthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןand Joshuaוְאֶל יְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןand the headsוְאֶל רָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתof the tribesהַמַּטּוֹתof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearscome near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigshu” appearsEleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appearsNun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears1 · This verse (above)
2and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “YHWH commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.”
