Numbers 34:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:”

Numbers 34:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 34:1320 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

זֹאתzōʾtThis

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּתְנַחֲלוּtitənaḥălûInherit

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

בְּגוֹרָלbəgwōrālIn pebble

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָתֵתlātētTo give

לְתִשְׁעַתlətišəʿatTo nine

הַמַּטּוֹתhamaṭwōtThe branch

וַחֲצִיwaḥăṣîAnd half

הַמַּטֶּהhamaṭehThe branch

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

זֹאתzōʾtThis

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּתְנַחֲלוּtitənaḥălûInherit

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּגוֹרָלbəgwōrālIn pebble

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָתֵתlātētTo give

לְתִשְׁעַתlətišəʿatTo nine

הַמַּטּוֹתhamaṭwōtThe branch

וַחֲצִיwaḥăṣîAnd half

הַמַּטֶּהhamaṭehThe branch

Explore community notes on Numbers 34:13

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →