KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Numbers 2:2 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Every man” | אִ֣ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | Every man |
| “of the children” | בְּנֵ֣י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “shall pitch” | יַֽחֲנ֖וּ | Properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege) | pitch |
| “by” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | by |
| “his own standard,” | דִּגְל֤וֹ | A flag | own standard |
| “with the ensign” | בְאֹתֹת֙ | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | ensign |
| “of their father's” | אֲבֹתָ֔ם | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | fathers |
| “house:” | לְבֵ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “far off” | מִנֶּ֕גֶד | A front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before | far off |
| “about” | סָבִ֥יב | (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around | about |
| “the tabernacle” | לְאֹֽהֶל | A tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) | tabernacle |
| “of the congregation” | מוֹעֵ֖ד | Properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) | congregation |
| “shall they pitch.” | יַֽחֲנֽוּ׃ | Properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege) | pitch |
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1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
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