Numbers 3:35

“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.”

Numbers 3:35 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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