Numbers 2:18

American Standard Version (1901)

On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּ֣גֶל מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם יָ֑מָּה וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־עַמִּיהֽוּד׃

Transliteration

Deḡel maḥănēh ʾEp̄rayim for ṣiḇʾōṯām yāmmāh; and nāśîʾ for sons of ʾEp̄rayim ʾĔlîšāmāʿ son of ʿAmmîhûḏ.

Grammar Details

• *deḡel*: noun, masculine singular construct - standard/banner of
• *maḥănēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - camp of
• *ʾEp̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
• *ṣiḇʾōṯām*: noun + 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their armies/hosts
• *yāmmāh*: adverb - westward
• *nāśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - leader/chief/prince
• *ʾĔlîšāmāʿ*: proper noun - Elishama
• *ʿAmmîhûḏ*: proper noun - Ammihud

Word Meanings

• *deḡel*: standard/banner/flag
• *ṣiḇʾōṯām*: their armies/their hosts/their divisions
• *yāmmāh*: westward/toward the sea/on the west

Referenced Verses

• Num 1:10 : 10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
• Num 10:22 : 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
• Gen 48:14-20 : 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it] ; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
• Gen 48:5 : 5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
• Deut 33:17 : 17 The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
• 1 Chr 7:26-27 : 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
• Ps 80:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph]. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke] : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
• Num 1:32 : 32 Of the children of Joseph, [namely], of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Num 7:48 : 48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim:
• Num 7:53 : 53 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud.