The bannerדֶּגֶלof the campמַחֲנֵהof Danדָןshall be on the north sideצָפֹנָהby their armies;לְצִבְאֹתָםand the chiefוְנָשִׂיאof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Danדָןis Ahiezerאֲחִיעֶזֶרsonבֶּןof Ammishaddai,עַמִּישַׁדָּי
Numbers 2:25
Study it in the app“The banner of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies; and the chief of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 2:25, 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 Danדָןdan
Dan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appears- shall be on the north sideצָפֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- by their armiesצִבְאֹתָtsivota
army
An army.
Where else “tsivota” 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 Ahiezerאֲחִיעֶזֶרachiezer
Ahiezer
Ahiezer, chief of the tribe of Dan; another man bears the same name. The name means "brother of help."
Where else “achiezer” appears- of Ammishaddaiעַמִּישַׁדָּיamishaday
Ammishaddai
Ammishaddai, father of Ahiezer, of the tribe of Dan. The name means "people of Shaddai."
Where else “amishaday” appears
Places in this verse
Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
24All those counted of the camp of Ephraim are one hundred eight thousand one hundred, by their armies. They shall set out third.
25 · This verse (above)
26and his army, those of them counted, are sixty-two thousand seven hundred.