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The sonsבְּנֵיof Manasseh:מְנַשֶּׁהof Machir,לְמָכִירthe familyמִשְׁפַּחַתof the Machirites;הַמָּכִירִיand MachirוּמָכִירfatheredהוֹלִידGilead;גִּלְעָדof Gilead,לְגִלְעָדthe familyמִשְׁפַּחַתof the Gileadites.הַגִּלְעָדִי
Numbers 26:29
Study it in the app“The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:29, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- of 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- the familyמִשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- of the Machiritesמָּכִירִיmachiri
Machirite
Machirite: a descendant of Machir, of the tribe of Manasseh.
Where else “machiri” appears- fatheredהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- of the Gileaditesגִּלְעָדִיgiladi
Gileadite
Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.
Where else “giladi” 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
28The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 · This verse (above)
30These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;