Numbers 32:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;”

Numbers 32:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 32:120 words

וּמִקְנֶהûmiqənehAnd bought

רַבravAbundant

הָיָהhāyāhExist

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

וְלִבְנֵיwəlivənêAnd to son

גָדgādGad

עָצוּםʿāṣûmPowerful

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֶתʾet—

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

יַעְזֵרyaʿəzērJaazer

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

גִּלְעָדgiləʿādGilad

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding

מִקְנֶהmiqənehBought

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמִקְנֶהûmiqənehAnd bought

רַבravAbundant

הָיָהhāyāhExist

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

וְלִבְנֵיwəlivənêAnd to son

גָדgādGad

עָצוּםʿāṣûmPowerful

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

יַעְזֵרyaʿəzērJaazer

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

גִּלְעָדgiləʿādGilad

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding

מִקְנֶהmiqənehBought

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