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

HebrewMeaning

וּ/מִקְנֶ֣הwmiqəneh

and livestockconjH4735

flock · herd · possession · purchase ···

רַ֗בrab

muchadjH7227

-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···

הָיָ֞הhāyāh

it belongedverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לִ/בְנֵ֧יlibənēy

to the descendants ofpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

רְאוּבֵ֛ןrəʾwbēn

ReubennounH7205

וְ/לִ/בְנֵיwəlibənēy

and to the descendants ofconjH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

גָ֖דgād

GadnounH1410

עָצ֣וּםʿāṣwm

numerousadjH6099

feeble · mighty · must · strong

מְאֹ֑דməʾōd

veryadvH3966

especially · exceeding · far · fast ···

וַ/יִּרְא֞וּwayirəʾw

and they sawconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֶ֤רֶץʾereṣ

the land ofnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

יַעְזֵר֙yaʿəzēr

JazernounH3270

Jazer

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

andconjH853

אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ

the land ofnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

גִּלְעָ֔דgiləʿād

GileadnounH1568

Gileadite

וְ/הִנֵּ֥הwəhinēh

and there!conjH2009

lo · see

הַ/מָּק֖וֹםhamāqwōm

the placeparticleH4725

home · open · place · room ···

מְק֥וֹםməqwōm

was a place ofnounH4725

home · open · place · room ···

מִקְנֶֽהmiqəneh

livestocknounH4735

flock · herd · possession · purchase ···

ℹWords 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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