Numbers 3:23 Go deeper

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. (KJV)

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מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖תmish.pe.Chot[the] clans of

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) · Strong's: H4940

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: family

Used 302 times. Also: Genesis 8:19, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4940; TAHOT Numbers 3:23 word 1

הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑יha.ge.re.shu.Nithe Gershonite[s]

Lemma: גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי (ge.re.shun.ni) · Strong's: H1649

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)

Meaning: Gershonite

Used 13 times. Also: Numbers 3:21, Numbers 3:24, Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:27, Numbers 4:28, Numbers 26:57 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1649; TAHOT Numbers 3:23 word 2

אַחֲרֵ֧י'a.cha.Reibehind

Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)

Meaning: after

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Numbers 3:23 word 3

הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacle

Lemma: מִשְׁכָּן (mish.kan) · Strong's: H4908

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: tabernacle

Used 139 times. Also: Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4908; TAHOT Numbers 3:23 word 4

יַחֲנ֖וּya.cha.Nuthey will encamp

Lemma: חָנָה (cha.nah) · Strong's: H2583

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to camp

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 26:17, Genesis 33:18, Exodus 13:20, Exodus 14:2, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 15:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2583; TAHOT Numbers 3:23 word 5

יָֽמָּה\׃Ya.mahwest -ward

Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sea: west

Used 75 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 28:14, Exodus 10:19, Exodus 26:22, Exodus 26:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3220H; TAHOT Numbers 3:23 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The Gershonite	→	גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי H1649 Gershonite
clans	→	מִשְׁפָּחָה H4940 family
were to camp	→	חָנָה H2583 to camp
on the west	→	יָם H3220H sea: west
behind	→	אַחַר H0310A after
the tabernacle	→	מִשְׁכָּן H4908 tabernacle

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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