The Meaning of Numbers 1:5 Explained

Numbers 1:5

KJV: And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

YLT: And these are the names of the men who stand with you: 'For Reuben -- Elizur son of Shedeur.

Darby: And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

ASV: And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And these [are] the names  of the men  that shall stand  with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben;  Elizur  the son  of Shedeur. 

What does Numbers 1:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 1

1  God commands Moses to number the people
5  The princes of the tribes
17  The number of every tribe
47  The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 1:5 mean?

And these [are] the names of the men who shall stand with you From Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַֽעַמְד֖וּ אִתְּכֶ֑ם לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן אֱלִיצ֖וּר בֶּן־ שְׁדֵיאֽוּר

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙  And  these  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
שְׁמ֣וֹת  the  names 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים  of  the  men 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יַֽעַמְד֖וּ  shall  stand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
אִתְּכֶ֑ם  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן  From  Reuben 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְאוּבֵן  
Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Leah.
אֱלִיצ֖וּר  Elizur 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיצוּר  
Sense: a chief of Reuben in the wilderness.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שְׁדֵיאֽוּר  of  Shedeur 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁדֵיאוּר  
Sense: father of Elizur, chief of the tribe of Reuben at the time of the exodus.