Numbers 2:18

“The 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,”

Numbers 2:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 2:18, word by word

The bannerדֶּגֶלdegel

banner

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

Where else “degel” appears
of the campמַחֲנֵהmachane

camp

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

Where else “machane” appears
of Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim

Ephraim

Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".

Where else “efrayim” appears
by their armiesצִבְאֹתָtsivota

army

An army.

Where else “tsivota” appears
shall be on the west sideיָמָּyama

west

Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.

Where else “yama” appears
and the chiefנָשִׂיאnasi

chief

Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.

Where else “nasi” appears
of the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “vene” appears
is Elishamaאֱלִישָׁמָעelishama

Elishama

Elishama, chief of the tribe of Ephraim; other men bear the same name. It means "God hears."

Where else “elishama” appears
of Ammihudעַמִּיהוּדamihud

Ammihud

Ammihud, father of Elishama, of the tribe of Ephraim; other men bear the same name. It means "people of splendor."

Where else “amihud” appears

The context

17Then 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.

18 · This verse (above)

19and his army, those of them counted, are forty thousand five hundred.

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