The Meaning of Numbers 3:24 Explained

Numbers 3:24

KJV: And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

YLT: And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite is Eliasaph son of Lael.

Darby: And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

ASV: And the prince of the fathers house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the chief  of the house  of the father  of the Gershonites  [shall be] Eliasaph  the son  of Lael. 

What does Numbers 3:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 3

1  The sons of Aaron
5  The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14  Are numbered by their families
21  The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27  Of the Kohathites
33  Of the Merarites
38  The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40  The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44  The balances are refunded

What do the individual words in Numbers 3:24 mean?

And the leader of house the fathers' of the Gershonite [was] Eliasaph son of Lael
וּנְשִׂ֥יא בֵֽית־ אָ֖ב לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י אֶלְיָסָ֖ף בֶּן־ לָאֵֽל

וּנְשִׂ֥יא  And  the  leader 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
בֵֽית־  of  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אָ֖ב  the  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י  of  the  Gershonite 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי  
Sense: a descendant of Gershon, firstborn son of Levi.
אֶלְיָסָ֖ף  [was]  Eliasaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְיָסָף  
Sense: a Gadite chief in the wilderness census.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לָאֵֽל  of  Lael 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לָאֵל  
Sense: a Levite, father of Eliasaph and descendant of Gershon.

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