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Numbers 3:30

“And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָשִׂיאnâsîyʼ · naw-see'
H5387 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
Derivation: or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);
KJV renderings: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
נְשִׂ֥יא — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncmsc
Usage: Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:20 Genesis 23:6 Genesis 25:16 Genesis 34:2 Exodus 16:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָשִׂיא here.

Verse 29 Verse 31

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.