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Numbers 36:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:


Numbers 36:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 36:122 words
וַיִּקְרְבוּwayiqərəvûAnd approach
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
הָאָבוֹתhāʾāvwōtThe father
לְמִשְׁפַּחַתləmišəpaḥatTo family
בְּנֵיbənêSon
גִלְעָדgiləʿādGilad
בֶּןbenSon
מָכִירmāḵîrMakir
בֶּןbenSon
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹתmimišəpəḥōtFrom family
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיְדַבְּרוּwayədabərûAnd arrange
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְלִפְנֵיwəlip̄ənêAnd to face
הַנְּשִׂאִיםhanəśiʾîmThe exalted
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
אָבוֹתʾāvwōtFather
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרְבוּwayiqərəvûAnd approach
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
הָאָבוֹתhāʾāvwōtThe father
לְמִשְׁפַּחַתləmišəpaḥatTo family
בְּנֵיbənêSon
גִלְעָדgiləʿādGilad
בֶּןbenSon
מָכִירmāḵîrMakir
בֶּןbenSon
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹתmimišəpəḥōtFrom family
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיְדַבְּרוּwayədabərûAnd arrange
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְלִפְנֵיwəlip̄ənêAnd to face
הַנְּשִׂאִיםhanəśiʾîmThe exalted
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
אָבוֹתʾāvwōtFather
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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