Numbers 2:17

“Then the tent of meeting, the camp of the Levites, shall set out in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall set out, each man in his place, by their banners.”

Numbers 2:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 2:17, word by word

Then the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

Where else “ohel” appears
of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

Where else “moed” appears
the campמַחֲנֵהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

Where else “machane” appears
of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

Where else “leviyim” appears
shall set outנָסַעnasa

set out

To break camp and set out for another place.

Where else “nasa” appears
in the middleתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “toch” appears
they campיַחֲנוּyachanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “yachanu” appears
each manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
in his placeיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
by their bannersדִגְלֵיdigle

banner

Banner, standard: the sign under which each group of tribes camped and marched.

Where else “digle” appears

The context

16All those counted of the camp of Reuben are one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, by their armies. They shall set out second.

17 · This verse (above)

18The banner of the camp of Ephraim by their armies shall be on the west side; and the chief of the sons of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud,

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