Numbers 7:30

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben

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אֱלִיצ֖וּר

ʼĔlîytsûwr

H468

“Elizur”

Noun, Proper

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

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H410 and H6697

TWOT: None

Elizur = "my God is a rock" or " Rock is God" - a chief of Reuben in the wilderness

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
7: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is אֱלִיצ֖וּר Elizur H468 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֱלִיצ֖וּר Elizur H468 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

7 nouns
1 adjective

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

לִבְנֵ֣י son H1121 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 16 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.

In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 11 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 7:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 1:5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 2:10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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.

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

Hebrew Numbers 7:30 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

בַּיּוֹם֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י נָשִׂ֖יא לִבְנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֑ן אֱלִיצ֖וּר בֶּן שְׁדֵיאֽוּר

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 7:30 Septuagint · lemma form

ὁ ἡμέρα ὁ τέταρτος ἄρχων ὁ υἱός ρουβην ελισουρ υἱός σεδιουρ

On the fourth day Elisur the son of Sediur, the prince of the children of Ruben.

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)

בְּיוֹמָא רְבִיעָאָה רַבָּא לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן אֱלִיצוּר בַּר שְׁדֵיאוּר

(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)

בְּיוֹמָא רְבִיעָאָה קְרֵיב רַב בֵּית אַבָּא לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן אֱלִיצוּר בַּר שְׁדֵיאוּר

On the fourth, Elizur bar Shedeur, prince of the Beni Reuben;

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 7:30 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

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense. See Gill on Num 7:14.

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Numbers 7:45

num 7:45

num 7:45

num 7:45One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering. See Gill on Num 7:15.

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

the fourth day

"day 4" or "day number 4" (See: Ordinal Numbers)

Elizur son of Shedeur

See how you translated this man's name in Numbers 1:5.

one silver platter weighing 130 shekels

If necessary, these weights can be written in modern measurements. See how you translated these same weights in Numbers 7:13. AT: "one silver platter weighing nearly one and a half kilograms" or "one silver platter weighing one kilogram and 430 grams" (See: Biblical Weight and Numbers)

one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels

"one silver bowl weighing 70 shekels." If necessary, these weights can be written in modern measurements. See how you translated these same weights in Numbers 7:13. AT: "one silver bowl weighing nearly eight tenths of a kilogram" or "one silver bowl weighting 770 grams" (See: Biblical Weight and Numbers)

by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel

There were shekels of different weights. This is the one that people had to use in the sanctuary of the sacred tent. See how you translated this phrase in Numbers 7:13. AT: "measured by the standard weights used in the sanctuary" (See: Biblical Weight)

fine flour mixed with oil

This can be stated in active form. AT: "fine flour that he had mixed with oil" (See: Active or Passive)

one gold dish weighing ten shekels

If necessary, this can be written in modern measurements. See how you translated these same weights in Numbers 7:14. AT: "one gold dish weighing one tenth of a kilogram" or "one gold dish weighting 110 grams" (See: Biblical Weight)

translationWords

day

Reuben

gold

incense

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 8 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĔlîytsûwr (“Elizur”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʼĔlîytsûwr carries the sense “Elizur.” How does it shape the verse?
Numbers 1:5 shares the word «Elizur» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“son” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
Reading how John Gill's Exposition and unfoldingWord translationNotes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 11 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
“son” occurs 2× in this single verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.