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Numbers 27:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Numbers 27:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 27:1123 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֵיןʾênNonentity
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וּנְתַתֶּםûnətatemAnd give
אֶתʾet—
נַחֲלָתוֹnaḥălātwōInherited
לִשְׁאֵרוֹlišəʾērwōTo flesh
הַקָּרֹבhaqārōvThe near
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּוֹmimišəpaḥətwōFrom family
וְיָרַשׁwəyārašAnd occupy
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְחֻקַּתləḥuqatTo appointed
מִשְׁפָּטmišəpāṭVerdict
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet—
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֵיןʾênNonentity
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וּנְתַתֶּםûnətatemAnd give
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
נַחֲלָתוֹnaḥălātwōInherited
לִשְׁאֵרוֹlišəʾērwōTo flesh
הַקָּרֹבhaqārōvThe near
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּוֹmimišəpaḥətwōFrom family
וְיָרַשׁwəyārašAnd occupy
אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)
וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְחֻקַּתləḥuqatTo appointed
מִשְׁפָּטmišəpāṭVerdict
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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