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Numbers 36:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.


Numbers 36:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 36:820 words
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בַּתbatDaughter
יֹרֶשֶׁתyōrešetOccupy
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited
מִמַּטּוֹתmimaṭwōtFrom branch
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְאֶחָדləʾeḥādTo united
מִמִּשְׁפַּחַתmimišəpaḥatFrom family
מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch
אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִירְשׁוּyîrəšûOccupy
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אִישׁʾîšMan
נַחֲלַתnaḥălatInherited
אֲבֹתָיוʾăvōtāywFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בַּתbatDaughter
יֹרֶשֶׁתyōrešetOccupy
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited
מִמַּטּוֹתmimaṭwōtFrom branch
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְאֶחָדləʾeḥādTo united
מִמִּשְׁפַּחַתmimišəpaḥatFrom family
מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch
אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִירְשׁוּyîrəšûOccupy
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אִישׁʾîšMan
נַחֲלַתnaḥălatInherited
אֲבֹתָיוʾăvōtāywFather

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