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To MachirוּלְמָכִירI gaveנָתַתִּיGilead.אֶת הַגִּלְעָד
Deuteronomy 3:15
Study it in the app“To Machir I gave Gilead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:15, word by word
- To Machirמָכִירmachir
Machir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appears- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
14Jair son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them by his name, Bashan Havvoth-jair, to this day.)
15 · This verse (above)
16To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the Wadi Arnon, the middle of the wadi as the border, and as far as the Wadi Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;