Numbers 7:2
On that day, the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestor's families, offered sacrifices. These men were leading the tribes. They had overseen the counting of the men in the census.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָשִׂיאnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭeha branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figura
- פָּקַדpâqadto visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care f
- עָמַדʻâmadto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בַּיִתbayitha house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 1:4–16, Neh 7:70–72, Num 2:1–34, Num 10:1–36, Ezr 2:68–69, 1Ch 29:6–8, Exo 35:27, 2Ch 35:8