Numbers 26:46

Summary

This short verse records the name of the daughter of Asher: Sarach ("Serah", H8294). It belongs to the genealogical census list of Numbers 26, which enumerates the tribes, clans, and named individuals of Israel before the second generation entering Canaan.

Key words

• ve ("and", H9002) — coordinating conjunction linking this notice to the preceding genealogical material.
• Shem ("[the] name of", H8034) — masculine singular noun in construct state, introducing the naming formula "the name of X was Y."
• bat- ("[the] daughter of", H1323G) — feminine singular noun in construct state, marking Serah's relationship to Asher as his daughter.
• 'aSher ("Asher", H0836) — proper name of the tribal ancestor, functioning as the noun to which bat- is bound.
• SaRach ("Serah", H8294) — proper name of the daughter, standing as the predicate of the naming clause.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built entirely on a construct chain: shem ("name of") governs bat-'aSher ("daughter of Asher"), forming the subject "the name of the daughter of Asher." This subject is followed directly by the proper name SaRach ("Serah") with no verb — a common feature of Hebrew nominal (verbless) clauses, where the predicate "was" is understood from context rather than stated explicitly. The construct chain bat-'aSher shows the double-construct structure typical of Hebrew genealogical notices: "name of" + "daughter of" + "Asher," compacting three relationships into a single grammatical unit.

The verse's brevity and structure match other individual notices embedded in the tribal census of Numbers 26, where most entries record male descendants but occasionally single out a female individual by name, as here with Serah, daughter of Asher.

Differences between versions

The Vulgate (Nomen autem filiæ Aser fuit Sara) and the Spanish versions (RV1909, SBLIBRE) closely follow the Hebrew structure, rendering the construct chain as "the name of the daughter of Asher was Sara/Sera." The BSB similarly follows the Hebrew with "the name of Asher's daughter was Serah."

The LXX text supplied here (Swete edition) does not correspond to this verse's content; it instead describes the sons of Dan and their clans ("καὶ υἱοὶ Δὰν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν..."). This reflects a difference in verse alignment or numbering between the Greek textual tradition as excerpted and the Hebrew verse under discussion, rather than a translational divergence of the same content.