The Meaning of Numbers 3:29 Explained

Numbers 3:29

KJV: The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

YLT: The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward.

Darby: The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.

ASV: The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The families  of the sons  of Kohath  shall pitch  on the side  of the tabernacle  southward. 

What does Numbers 3:29 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 3:29 mean?

The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the side of the tabernacle south
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת בְּנֵי־ קְהָ֖ת יַחֲנ֑וּ עַ֛ל יֶ֥רֶךְ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן תֵּימָֽנָה

מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת  The  families 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
בְּנֵי־  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
קְהָ֖ת  of  Kohath 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְהָת  
Sense: the 2nd of the 3 sons of Levi and progenitor of a family in the tribe of Levi.
יַחֲנ֑וּ  were  to  camp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
יֶ֥רֶךְ  the  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָרֵךְ  
Sense: thigh, side, loin, base.
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן  of  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
תֵּימָֽנָה  south 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: תֵּימָן  
Sense: south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind.

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