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Numbers 36:6 — King James Version← Study notes

This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.


Numbers 36:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 36:618 words
זֶהzehThis
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לִבְנוֹתlivənwōtTo daughter
צְלָפְחָדṣəlāp̄əḥādTselophchad
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לַטּוֹבlaṭwōvTo good
בְּעֵינֵיהֶםbəʿênêhemIn eye
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
לְמִשְׁפַּחַתləmišəpaḥatTo family
מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

זֶהzehThis
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לִבְנוֹתlivənwōtTo daughter
צְלָפְחָדṣəlāp̄əḥādTselophchad
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לַטּוֹבlaṭwōvTo good
בְּעֵינֵיהֶםbəʿênêhemIn eye
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
לְמִשְׁפַּחַתləmišəpaḥatTo family
מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman

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