The bannerדֶּגֶלof the campמַחֲנֵהof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםby their armiesלְצִבְאֹתָםshall be on the west side;יָמָּהand the chiefוְנָשִׂיאof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםis Elishamaאֱלִישָׁמָעsonבֶּןof Ammihud,עַמִּיהוּד
Numbers 2:18
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.