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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
HebrewMeaning
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִגָּרַ֤עyigāraʿ
will it be withdrawnverbH1639
clip · minish · do away · keep back ···
שֵׁםšēm
the name ofnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
אָבִ֨י/נוּ֙ʾābiynw
father ournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
מִ/תּ֣וֹךְmitwōkə
from amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔/וֹmišəpaḥətwō
clan hisnounH4940
kind
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵ֥יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
בֵּ֑ןbēn
a sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
תְּנָ/הtənāh
give !verbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָּ֣/נוּlānw
pron
אֲחֻזָּ֔הʾăḥuzāh
a possessionnounH272
בְּ/ת֖וֹךְbətwōkə
in amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
אֲחֵ֥יʾăḥēy
the brothers ofnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אָבִֽי/נוּʾābiynw
father ournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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What it means to love - Numbers 27
The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. God is faithful in every circumstance. We bring nothing; He ...
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