The Meaning of Numbers 3:35 Explained

Numbers 3:35

KJV: And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

YLT: And the prince of a father's house for the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward.

Darby: And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.

ASV: And the prince of the fathers house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the chief  of the house  of the father  of the families  of Merari  [was] Zuriel  the son  of Abihail:  [these] shall pitch  on the side  of the tabernacle  northward. 

What does Numbers 3:35 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 3:35 mean?

And the leader of house the fathers' of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel son of Abihail On the side of the tabernacle these [were] to camp north
וּנְשִׂ֤יא בֵֽית־ אָב֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מְרָרִ֔י צוּרִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־ אֲבִיחָ֑יִל עַ֣ל יֶ֧רֶךְ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן יַחֲנ֖וּ צָפֹֽנָה

וּנְשִׂ֤יא  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.
אָב֙  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.
מְרָרִ֔י  of  Merari 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרָרִי  
Sense: the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family.
צוּרִיאֵ֖ל  [was]  Zuriel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צוּרִיאֵל  
Sense: son of Abihail and chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the exodus.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֲבִיחָ֑יִל  of  Abihail 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיהַיִל 
Sense: a Levite in Moses’s time.
יֶ֧רֶךְ  the  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָרֵךְ  
Sense: thigh, side, loin, base.
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן  of  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
יַחֲנ֖וּ  these  [were]  to  camp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
צָפֹֽנָה  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.

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