Numbers 36:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.”

Numbers 36:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 36:221 words

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

אֶתʾet—

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָתֵתlātētTo give

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

בְּנַחֲלָהbənaḥălāhIn inherited

בְּגוֹרָלbəgwōrālIn pebble

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַאדֹנִיwaʾdōnîAnd sovereign

צֻוָּהṣuûhConstitute

בַיהוָהvayhwāhIn LORD

לָתֵתlātētTo give

אֶתʾet—

נַחֲלַתnaḥălatInherited

צְלָפְחָדṣəlāp̄əḥādTselophchad

אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother

לִבְנֹתָיוlivənōtāywTo daughter

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָתֵתlātētTo give

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

בְּנַחֲלָהbənaḥălāhIn inherited

בְּגוֹרָלbəgwōrālIn pebble

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַאדֹנִיwaʾdōnîAnd sovereign

צֻוָּהṣuûhConstitute

בַיהוָהvayhwāhIn LORD

לָתֵתlātētTo give

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נַחֲלַתnaḥălatInherited

צְלָפְחָדṣəlāp̄əḥādTselophchad

אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother

לִבְנֹתָיוlivənōtāywTo daughter

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