Numbers 2:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

📖 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 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel 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 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
• Gen 49:8-9 : 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children 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 an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Num 26:19-22 : 19 The sons of Judah were 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 Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez 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 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
• Num 7:12 : 12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
• Num 7:17 : 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
• 1 Chr 5:2 : 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
• Matt 1:4 : 4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;