Numbers 2:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, `is' westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim `is' Elishama son of Ammihud;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּ֣גֶל מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם יָ֑מָּה וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־עַמִּיהֽוּד׃

Transliteration

Deḡel maḥănēh ʾEp̄rayim for ṣiḇʾōṯām yāmmāh; and nāśîʾ for sons of ʾEp̄rayim ʾĔlîšāmāʿ son of ʿAmmîhûḏ.

Grammar Details

• *deḡel*: noun, masculine singular construct - standard/banner of
• *maḥănēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - camp of
• *ʾEp̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
• *ṣiḇʾōṯām*: noun + 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their armies/hosts
• *yāmmāh*: adverb - westward
• *nāśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - leader/chief/prince
• *ʾĔlîšāmāʿ*: proper noun - Elishama
• *ʿAmmîhûḏ*: proper noun - Ammihud

Word Meanings

• *deḡel*: standard/banner/flag
• *ṣiḇʾōṯām*: their armies/their hosts/their divisions
• *yāmmāh*: westward/toward the sea/on the west

Referenced Verses

• Num 1:10 : 10 `For the sons of Joseph -- for Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud: for Manasseh -- Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
• Num 10:22 : 22 And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host `is' Elishama son of Ammihud.
• Gen 48:14-20 : 14 And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth `it' upon the head of Ephraim, who `is' the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh `is' the first-born. 15 And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day: 16 the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.' 17 And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh; 18 and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this `is' the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.' 19 And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;' 20 and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.
• Gen 48:5 : 5 `And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they `are'; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;
• Deut 33:17 : 17 His honour `is' a firstling of his ox, And his horns `are' horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they `are' the myriads of Ephraim, And they `are' the thousands of Manasseh.
• 1 Chr 7:26-27 : 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
• Ps 80:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth, 2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, `Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou `art' Jehovah my God. 19 For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth. 20 A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.
• Num 1:32 : 32 Of the sons of Joseph -- of the sons of Ephraim -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --
• Num 7:48 : 48 On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; --
• Num 7:53 : 53 and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this `is' the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.