And the chiefוּנְשִׂיאof the fathers’ houseבֵית אָבof the familiesלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתof Merariמְרָרִיis Zurielצוּרִיאֵלsonבֶּןof Abihail.אֲבִיחָיִלThey shall campיַחֲנוּon the sideעַל יֶרֶךְof the dwelling,הַמִּשְׁכָּןon the north.צָפֹנָה
Numbers 3:35
Study it in the app“And the chief of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail. They shall camp on the side of the dwelling, on the north.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:35, word by word
- And the chiefנְשִׂיאnesi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesi” appears- of the fathers’ houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- of the fathers’ houseאָבav
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “av” appears- of the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of Merariמְרָרִיmerari
Merari
Merari, a son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “merari” appears- is Zurielצוּרִיאֵלtsuriel
Zuriel
Zuriel, chief of the Levites of Merari. The name means "rock of God."
Where else “tsuriel” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Abihailאֲבִיחָיִלavichayil
Abihail
Abihail, father of Zuriel, of the Levites of Merari; other people, men and women, bear the same name. It means "father of strength."
Where else “avichayil” appears- They 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 northצָפֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears
The context
34And those of them counted, according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
35 · This verse (above)
36And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari is the frames of the dwelling, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its utensils, and all its service,