Then the tentוְ אֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדthe campמַחֲנֵהof the Levites,הַלְוִיִּםshall set outנָסַעin the middleבְּתוֹךְof the camps;הַמַּחֲנֹתasכַּאֲשֶׁרthey camp,יַחֲנוּsoכֵּןthey shall set out,יִסָּעוּeach manאִישׁin his place,עַל יָדוֹby their banners.לְדִגְלֵיהֶם
Numbers 2:17
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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,