The Meaning of Numbers 34:24 Explained

Numbers 34:24

KJV: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

YLT: and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan;

Darby: and for the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;

ASV: And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Ephraim,  Kemuel  the son  of Shiphtan. 

What does Numbers 34:24 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 34:24 mean?

And from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader Kemuel the son of Shiphtan
וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־ אֶפְרַ֖יִם נָשִׂ֑יא קְמוּאֵ֖ל בֶּן־ שִׁפְטָֽן

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה  And  from  the  tribe 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
בְנֵֽי־  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֶפְרַ֖יִם  of  Ephraim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶפְרַיִם  
Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
נָשִׂ֑יא  a  leader 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
קְמוּאֵ֖ל  Kemuel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְמוּאֵל  
Sense: son of Nahor by Milcah and father of Aram.
בֶּן־  the  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שִׁפְטָֽן  of  Shiphtan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁפְטָן  
Sense: an Ephraimite, father of Kemuel, the leader of the tribe selected to divide the promised land between the tribes.

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