Numbers 2:29

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

"The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

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אֲחִירַ֖ע

ʼĂchîyraʻ

H299

“Ahira”

Noun, Proper

Appears 5× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 1:15

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H251 and H7451

TWOT: None

Ahira = "my brother is evil" - a chief of Naphtali

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 →

8: words
6: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is אֲחִירַ֖ע Ahira H299 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֲחִירַ֖ע Ahira H299 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

8 nouns

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

נַפְתָּלִ֑י Naphtali H5321 ×2
לִבְנֵ֣י son H1121 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 23 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 2:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 1:15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan."
Numbers 1:42–43 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
Numbers 7:83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 10:27 Over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 26:48–50 The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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

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Hebrew Numbers 2:29 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּמַטֵּ֖ה נַפְתָּלִ֑י וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י נַפְתָּלִ֔י אֲחִירַ֖ע בֶּן עֵינָֽן

"The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

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Greek LXX Numbers 2:29 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ παρα ἐνβάλλω ἔχω φυλή νεφθαλι καί ὁ ἄρχων ὁ υἱός νεφθαλι αχιρε υἱός αιναν

And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Nephthali; and the prince of the children of Nephthali, Achire son Aenan.

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)

וְשִׁבְטָא דְנַפְתָּלִי וְרַבָּא לִבְנֵי נַפְתָּלִי אֲחִירַע בַּר עֵינָן

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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)

וְשִׁבְטָא דְנַפְתָּלִי וְרַבָּא דַהֲוָה מְמַנֵי עַל חֵילְוַת שִׁבְטָא דִבְנֵי נַפְתָּלִי אֲחִירַע בַּר עֵינָן

Of the tribe Naphtali, the Rabba, Achira bar Enan;

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 2:29 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

Then the tribe of Naphtali,.... That was to pitch by the same standard of Dan, on the other side of it:

and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan; who is mentioned Num 1:15.

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

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses where each tribe and its army will camp around the tent of meeting. (See: How to Translate Names and Numbers)

Ahira son of Enan

See how you translated this man's name in Numbers 1:15.

53,400

"fifty-three thousand four hundred." This refers to the number of men. AT: "53,400 men" (See: Numbers and Ellipsis)

translationWords

Naphtali

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Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 8 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂchîyraʻ (“Ahira”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʼĂchîyraʻ carries the sense “Ahira.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Numbers 1:15, which shares the word «Ahira», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “Naphtali” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how John Gill's Exposition and unfoldingWord translationNotes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
“Naphtali” occurs 2× in this single verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.