Numbers 34:27

Summary

The verse identifies the leader appointed for the tribe of Asher: Ahihud, son of Shelomi. It follows the fixed formula used throughout this section of Numbers to list one representative per tribe.

Key words

• ma.Teh ("[the] tribe of", H4294H) — construct singular noun, linking directly to "sons of Asher"; it names the tribal unit being represented.
• ve.nei- ("[the] descendants of", H1121G) — construct plural of "son," forming the standard phrase "sons of X" to designate a tribe by its ancestral eponym.
• na.Si' ("a leader", H5387A) — absolute singular noun, the title given to the man named afterward; it stands apart from the construct chain, functioning as an appositive designation.
• 'a.chi.Hud ("Ahihud", H0282) — proper name of the individual chosen as leader.
• ben- ("[the] son of", H1121A) — construct singular of "son," here used in its ordinary genealogical sense to link Ahihud to his father.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence opens with the conjunction u. ("and", H9002) attached to the preposition le. ("of", H9005), which together mark this as a continuation of a list — each tribe introduced with "and for the tribe of...". The phrase le.ma.Teh ve.nei-'A.sher forms a double construct chain: "tribe of" governs "sons of," which governs "Asher," producing the sense "the tribe of the sons of Asher," i.e., the tribe descended from and named after Asher.

After naming the tribe, the text places na.Si' ("a leader") without a definite article or construct linkage to what precedes — it functions as a title standing in loose apposition, introducing the person who follows. The personal name 'a.chi.Hud ("Ahihud") is then specified further by a second construct phrase, ben- she.lo.Mi ("son of Shelomi"), identifying him through his father's name. This produces a compact formula: tribe — title — name — patronymic, repeated with variation across the surrounding verses in Numbers 34.

Differences between versions

The Septuagint renders the name 'a.chi.Hud as Ἀχιὼρ (Achior) rather than a transliteration closer to "Ahihud," and renders she.lo.Mi as Σελεμεί (Selemei). The Vulgate uses "Ahiud" and "Salomi," close in form to the Hebrew but with Latinized spelling. These are variations in transliteration and name-form rather than differences in grammatical structure or meaning.