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Butאַךְby lotבְּגוֹרָלthe landהָאָרֶץshall be divided;יֵחָלֵקaccording to the namesלִשְׁמוֹתof the tribesמַטּוֹתof their fathersאֲבֹתָםthey shall inherit.יִנְחָלוּ
Numbers 26:55
Study it in the app“But by lot the land shall be divided; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:55, word by word
- by lotגוֹרָלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- shall be dividedיֵחָלֵקyechalek
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yechalek” appears- according to the namesשְׁמוֹתshemot
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appears- of the tribesמַטּוֹתmatot
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appears- of their fathersאֲבֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- they shall inheritיִנְחָלוּyinchalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchalu” appears
The context
54To the large you shall increase his inheritance, and to the small you shall reduce his inheritance; to each his inheritance shall be given according to those counted of him.
55 · This verse (above)
56According to the lot its inheritance shall be divided between the large and the small.”