The Meaning of Numbers 34:19 Explained

Numbers 34:19

KJV: And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

YLT: And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

Darby: And these are the names of the men: for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

ASV: And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the names  of the men  [are] these: Of the tribe  of Judah,  Caleb  the son  of Jephunneh. 

What does Numbers 34:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 34

1  The borders of the land
16  The names of the men who shall divide the land

What do the individual words in Numbers 34:19 mean?

And these [are] the names of the men from the tribe of Judah Caleb son of Jephunneh
וְאֵ֖לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה כָּלֵ֖ב בֶּן־ יְפֻנֶּֽה

וְאֵ֖לֶּה  And  these 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
שְׁמ֣וֹת  [are]  the  names  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים  the  men 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
לְמַטֵּ֣ה  from  the  tribe 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
יְהוּדָ֔ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
כָּלֵ֖ב  Caleb 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּלֵב 
Sense: the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְפֻנֶּֽה  of  Jephunneh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְפֻנֶּה  
Sense: a Kenezite and father of Caleb the spy from the tribe of Judah.