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Numbers 36:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.


Numbers 36:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 36:321 words
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
לְאֶחָדləʾeḥādTo united
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
שִׁבְטֵיšivəṭêScion
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman
וְנִגְרְעָהwənigərəʿāhAnd scrape
נַחֲלָתָןnaḥălātānInherited
מִנַּחֲלַתminaḥălatFrom inherited
אֲבֹתֵינוּʾăvōtênûFather
וְנוֹסַףwənwōsap̄And add
עַלʿalAbove
נַחֲלַתnaḥălatInherited
הַמַּטֶּהhamaṭehThe branch
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וּמִגֹּרַלûmigōralAnd from pebble
נַחֲלָתֵנוּnaḥălātēnûInherited
יִגָּרֵעַyigārēʿaScrape
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
לְאֶחָדləʾeḥādTo united
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
שִׁבְטֵיšivəṭêScion
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman
וְנִגְרְעָהwənigərəʿāhAnd scrape
נַחֲלָתָןnaḥălātānInherited
מִנַּחֲלַתminaḥălatFrom inherited
אֲבֹתֵינוּʾăvōtênûFather
וְנוֹסַףwənwōsap̄And add
עַלʿalAbove
נַחֲלַתnaḥălatInherited
הַמַּטֶּהhamaṭehThe branch
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וּמִגֹּרַלûmigōralAnd from pebble
נַחֲלָתֵנוּnaḥălātēnûInherited
יִגָּרֵעַyigārēʿaScrape

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