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The familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the Gershonitesהַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיshall campיַחֲנוּbehindאַחֲרֵיthe dwelling,הַמִּשְׁכָּןon the west side.יָמָּה
Numbers 3:23
Study it in the app“The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the dwelling, on the west side.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:23, word by word
- The familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the Gershonitesגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיgershuni
Gershonite
Gershonite: a descendant of Gershon, son of Levi.
Where else “gershuni” appears- shall campיַחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears- on the west sideיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears
The context
22Those of them counted, according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, those of them counted were seven thousand five hundred.
23 · This verse (above)
24And the chief of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael.