Those who campוְהַחֹנִיםon the east side,קֵדְמָהtoward the sunrise,מִזְרָחָהshall be the bannerדֶּגֶלof the campמַחֲנֵהof Judahיְהוּדָהby their armies;לְצִבְאֹתָםand the chiefוְנָשִׂיאof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהis Nahshonנַחְשׁוֹןsonבֶּןof Amminadab,עַמִּינָדָב
Numbers 2:3
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.