Numbers 1:6

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Highlights

2 first appearances in the Hebrew Bible

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שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל

Shᵉlumîyʼêl

H8017

“Shelumiel”

Noun, Proper

Appears 5× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears here

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7965 and H410

TWOT: None

Shelumiel = "friend of God" - son of Zurishaddai and prince of the tribe of Simeon at the time of the exodus

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

4: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל Shelumiel H8017 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

These words make their first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל Shelumiel H8017
צוּרִֽישַׁדָּֽי Zurishaddai H6701

Shared distinctive vocabulary

שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל Shelumiel H8017 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

4 nouns

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 7 words from the Hebrew and 7 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 4 Hebrew tokens and 5 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 1:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon
Numbers 2:12 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 1:6 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

לְשִׁמְע֕וֹן שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן צוּרִֽישַׁדָּֽי

Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 1:6 Septuagint · lemma form

ὁ συμεων σαλαμιηλ υἱός σουρισαδαι

Of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Surisadai.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

לְשִׁמְעוֹן שְׁלֻמִיאֵל בַּר צוּרִישַׁדָי

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

לְשִׁמְעוֹן אַמַרְכּוֹל שְׁלֻמִיאֵל בַּר צוּרִי שַׁדָי

of Shemeon, the leader, Shelumiel bar Zuri-Shaddai:

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 1:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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John Gill's Exposition

Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. See Gill on Num 1:5.

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Numbers 1:7

num 1:7

num 1:7

num 1:7Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. See Gill on Num 1:5.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 4 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Shᵉlumîyʼêl (“Shelumiel”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Shᵉlumîyʼêl carries the sense “Shelumiel.” How does it shape the verse?
2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
How does Numbers 2:12, which shares the word «Shelumiel», read alongside this verse?

Things to notice

2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 4 Hebrew ↔ 5 Greek words.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 4 words in this verse.