Numbers 2:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַחֹנִים֙ קֵ֣דְמָה מִזְרָ֔חָה דֶּ֛גֶל מַחֲנֵ֥ה יְהוּדָ֖ה לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נַחְשׁ֖וֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב׃

Transliteration

And the ones ha-ḥōnîm qēḏmāh mizrāḥāh, deḡel maḥănēh Yəhûḏāh for ṣiḇʾōṯām; and nāśîʾ for sons of Yəhûḏāh Naḥšôn son of ʿAmmînāḏāḇ.

Grammar Details

• *ha-ḥōnîm*: definite article + participle, masculine plural - the ones camping
• *qēḏmāh*: adverb - eastward
• *mizrāḥāh*: adverb - toward the east/sunrise
• *deḡel*: noun, masculine singular - standard/banner
• *maḥănēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - camp of
• *Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *ṣiḇʾōṯām*: noun + 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their armies/hosts
• *nāśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - leader/chief/prince
• *Naḥšôn*: proper noun - Nahshon
• *ʿAmmînāḏāḇ*: proper noun - Amminadab

Word Meanings

• *ha-ḥōnîm*: the ones camping/the ones encamping
• *qēḏmāh mizrāḥāh*: on the east side/eastward/toward sunrise
• *ṣiḇʾōṯām*: their armies/their hosts/their divisions

Referenced Verses

• Ruth 4:20 : 20 and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
• 1 Chr 2:10 : 10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
• Num 1:7 : 7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
• Num 10:14-16 : 14 And in the first [place] the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
• Luke 3:32-33 : 32 the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon, 33 the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Arni, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez, the [son] of Judah,
• Gen 49:8-9 : 8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
• Num 26:19-22 : 19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
• Judg 1:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? 2 And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
• Num 7:12 : 12 And he that offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
• Num 7:17 : 17 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 Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
• 1 Chr 5:2 : 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),
• Matt 1:4 : 4 and Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Salmon;