The Meaning of Numbers 2:14 Explained

Numbers 2:14

KJV: Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

YLT: And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel;

Darby: And with them shall be the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel;

ASV: And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the tribe  of Gad:  and the captain  of the sons  of Gad  [shall be] Eliasaph  the son  of Reuel. 

What does Numbers 2:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 2

1  The order of the tribes in their tents

What do the individual words in Numbers 2:14 mean?

and [comes] the tribe of Gad and the leader of the sons of Gad [shall be] Eliasaph son of Reuel
וְמַטֵּ֖ה גָּ֑ד וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י גָ֔ד אֶלְיָסָ֖ף בֶּן־ רְעוּאֵֽל

וְמַטֵּ֖ה  and  [comes]  the  tribe 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
גָּ֑ד  of  Gad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּד  
Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
וְנָשִׂיא֙  and  the  leader 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
לִבְנֵ֣י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גָ֔ד  of  Gad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּד  
Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
אֶלְיָסָ֖ף  [shall  be]  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.
רְעוּאֵֽל  of  Reuel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְעוּאֵל  
Sense: a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael.

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