Numbers 2:3

“Those who camp on the east side, toward the sunrise, shall be the banner of the camp of Judah by their armies; and the chief of the sons of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab,”

Numbers 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 2:3, word by word

Those who campחֹנִיםchonim

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “chonim” appears
on the east sideקֵדְמָkedma

east

The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.

Where else “kedma” appears
toward the sunriseמִזְרָחָmizraach

east

Where the sun rises: the east.

Where else “mizraach” appears
shall be 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 Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

Where else “yehuda” 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 Nahshonנַחְשׁוֹןnachshon

Nahshon

Nahshon, chief of the tribe of Judah in the desert, brother-in-law of Aaron and ancestor of David.

Where else “nachshon” appears
of Amminadabעַמִּינָדָבaminadav

Amminadab

Amminadab, a name borne by several men, above all the man of the tribe of Judah who was father-in-law of Aaron and an ancestor of David.

Where else “aminadav” appears

The context

2“The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his banner, with the signs of their fathers’ houses; they shall camp around the tent of meeting, facing it.

3 · This verse (above)

4and his army, those of them counted, are seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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