Numbers 3:29

“The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the side of the dwelling, on the south.”

Numbers 3:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 3:29, word by word

The familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

Where else “mishpchot” appears
of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Kohathקְהָתkehat

Kohath

Kohath, a son of Levi; Moses and Aaron came from his family.

Where else “kehat” appears
shall campיַחֲנוּyachanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “yachanu” appears
on the sideיֶרֶךְyerech

base

The side or foot of something, like the side of the altar or the base of the lampstand.

Where else “yerech” appears
of the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

Where else “mishkan” appears
on the southתֵּימָנָtemana

south

South; also the south wind.

Where else “temana” appears

The context

28According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the Holy Place.

29 · This verse (above)

30And the chief of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites is Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

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