Numbers 3:29
"The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. Or to the right, which was the more honourable place, excepting the east or front, which was reserved

for Moses and Aaron, and his sons, and who were one of these families; and is the reason why this honour was conferred upon them, as well as they had the more honourable charge, having the holy places and holy things committed to their care; and one from among them was appointed over all the Levites, and the chief of them, as they had also, when they came into the land of Canaan, almost as many cities of refuge as both their other brethren had: their situation about the tabernacle was between that and the camp of Reuben, and this accounts for it, how Korah who was of one of the families of the Kohathites, became so intimately acquainted with, and joined in a conspiracy with Dathan and Abiram, who were of the tribe of Reuben, Num 16:1 .

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)

H4940 מִשְׁפָחָה
Definition:

303noun feminineclan(RSSemitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175BaNB § 161 a); — absolute׳מAmos 3:1+; constructמִשְׁמַּ֫חַתJudges 9:1+; suffixמִשְׁמַּחְתִּיGenesis 24:38+, etc.; pluralמִשְׁמָּחו 303noun feminineclan(RSSemitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175BaNB § 161 a); — absolute׳מAmos 3:1+; constructמִשְׁמַּ֫חַתJudges 9:1+; suffixמִשְׁמַּחְתִּיGenesis 24:38+, etc.; pluralמִשְׁמָּחו

Possible Meanings:
  • guild (semantic_range)
  • species (semantic_range)
  • kind (semantic_range)
H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H6955 קְהָת
Definition:

son of LeviGenesis 46:11;Exodus 6:16;Numbers 3:17;1 Chronicles 5:27;1 Chronicles 6:1;1 Chronicles 23:6, compareExodus 6:18;Numbers 26:58and׳בֶּןקֿNumbers 16:1;1 Chronicles 6:23;׳בְּנֵי קExodus 6:184t. son of LeviGenesis 46:11;Exodus 6:16;Numbers 3:17;1 Chronicles 5:27;1 Chronicles 6:1;1 Chronicles 23:6, compareExodus 6:18;Numbers 26:58and׳בֶּןקֿNumbers 16:1;1 Chronicles 6:23;׳בְּנֵי קExodus 6:184t.

H2583 חָנָה
Definition:

5;Isaiah 29:1;וְחָנִ֫יתִיconsecutiveIsaiah 29:3;Zechariah 9:8;חָנוּNumbers 2:342t.;וְחָנוּconsecutiveNumbers 1:52;ImperfectוַיִּחַןGenesis 26:179t.; 3 feminine singularתַּחֲנֶהPsalm 27:3;יַחֲנוּNumber 5;Isaiah 29:1;וְחָנִ֫יתִיconsecutiveIsaiah 29:3;Zechariah 9:8;חָנוּNumbers 2:342t.;וְחָנוּconsecutiveNumbers 1:52;ImperfectוַיִּחַןGenesis 26:179t.; 3 feminine singularתַּחֲנֶהPsalm 27:3;יַחֲנוּNumber

Possible Meanings:
  • decline (semantic_range)
  • bend down (semantic_range)
  • encamp (semantic_range)
  • decline (semantic_range)
  • encamp (semantic_range)
H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H3409 יָרֵךְ
Definition:

27thigh, loin, side, base(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיַרְכָּא; Zinjirliירךloin; Assyrianarku, arkâtu,back,rear,hereafterDlHWB 242; Arabichip) — absoluteיָרֵךְJudges 15:86t.; constructיֶ֫רֶךְGenesis 24:911 27thigh, loin, side, base(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיַרְכָּא; Zinjirliירךloin; Assyrianarku, arkâtu,back,rear,hereafterDlHWB 242; Arabichip) — absoluteיָרֵךְJudges 15:86t.; constructיֶ֫רֶךְGenesis 24:911

H4908 מִשְׁכָּן
Definition:

6dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'; —׳מExodus 25:9+; constructמִשְׁכַּןExodus 38:21+, etc.; plural constructמִשְׁכְּנֵיEx 46:6 (ᵐ5Bae Duמִשְׁכָּנוֺ, <׳מִשְׁכַּן י); suffixמִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶםEzekiel 25:4(<משׁכנת 6dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'; —׳מExodus 25:9+; constructמִשְׁכַּןExodus 38:21+, etc.; plural constructמִשְׁכְּנֵיEx 46:6 (ᵐ5Bae Duמִשְׁכָּנוֺ, <׳מִשְׁכַּן י); suffixמִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶםEzekiel 25:4(<משׁכנת

Possible Meanings:
  • abode (semantic_range)
H8486 תֵּימָן
Definition:

6south, south wind, chiefly poetic, P & Ezekiel (literallywhat is on the right(hand), i.e. as one faces east; see WetzstVerhandi. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390) — absolute׳תZechariah 9:146t. (׳הַתּ 6south, south wind, chiefly poetic, P & Ezekiel (literallywhat is on the right(hand), i.e. as one faces east; see WetzstVerhandi. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390) — absolute׳תZechariah 9:146t. (׳הַתּ

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