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Numbers 27:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.


Numbers 27:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 27:416 words
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
יִגָּרַעyigāraʿScrape
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹmišəpaḥətwōFamily
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֵיןʾênNonentity
לוֹlwōTo
בֵּןbēnSon
תְּנָהtənāhGive
לָּנוּlānûTo
אֲחֻזָּהʾăḥuzāhSeized
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
אֲחֵיʾăḥêBrother
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
יִגָּרַעyigāraʿScrape
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹmišəpaḥətwōFamily
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֵיןʾênNonentity
לוֹlwōTo
בֵּןbēnSon
תְּנָהtənāhGive
לָּנוּlānûTo
אֲחֻזָּהʾăḥuzāhSeized
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
אֲחֵיʾăḥêBrother
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather

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