The Meaning of Numbers 3:30 Explained

Numbers 3:30

KJV: And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

YLT: And the prince of a father's house for the families of the Kohathite is Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

Darby: And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

ASV: And the prince of the fathers house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the chief  of the house  of the father  of the families  of the Kohathites  [shall be] Elizaphan  the son  of Uzziel. 

What does Numbers 3:30 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 3:30 mean?

And the leader of house the fathers' of the families of the Kohathites [was] Elizaphan son of Uzziel
וּנְשִׂ֥יא בֵֽית־ אָ֖ב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַקְּהָתִ֑י אֶלִיצָפָ֖ן‪‬ בֶּן־ עֻזִּיאֵֽל

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.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת  of  the  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַקְּהָתִ֑י  of  the  Kohathites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְהָתִי  
Sense: the descendants of Kohath, the 2nd son of Levi.
אֶלִיצָפָ֖ן‪‬  [was]  Elizaphan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיצָפָן 
Sense: a Kohathite chief in the wilderness.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֻזִּיאֵֽל  of  Uzziel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֻזִּיאֵל  
Sense: the 4th son of Kohath and grandson of Levi, uncle of Moses and Aaron.

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