The Meaning of Numbers 1:7 Explained

Numbers 1:7

KJV: Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

YLT: For Judah -- Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Darby: for Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

ASV: Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of Judah;  Nahshon  the son  of Amminadab. 

What does Numbers 1:7 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 1:7 mean?

From Judah Nahshon son of Amminadab
לִֽיהוּדָ֕ה נַחְשׁ֖וֹן בֶּן־ עַמִּינָדָֽב

לִֽיהוּדָ֕ה  From  Judah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
נַחְשׁ֖וֹן  Nahshon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַחְשֹׁון  
Sense: son of Amminadab and prince of the Judah at the first numbering in the wilderness; 5th in descent from Judah in the genealogy of Christ.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַמִּינָדָֽב  of  Amminadab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַמִּינָדָב  
Sense: son of Ram or Aram and father of Nahshon or Naasson and an ancestor of Jesus; father-in-law of Aaron.