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Whyלָמָּהshould the nameשֵׁםof our fatherאָבִינוּbe taken awayיִגָּרַעfrom amongמִתּוֹךְhis familyמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹbecauseכִּיhe hasלוֹnoאֵיןson?בֵּןGiveתְּנָהusלָּנוּa possessionאֲחֻזָּהamongבְּתוֹךְthe brothersאֲחֵיof our father.”אָבִינוּ
Numbers 27:4
Study it in the app“Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family because he has no son? Give us a possession among the brothers of our father.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 27:4, word by word
- should the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of our fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- be taken awayיִגָּרַעyigara
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “yigara” appears- from amongתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- his familyמִשְׁפַּחְתּmishpacht
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacht” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears- the brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears
The context
3“Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the community of those who gathered together against YHWH in the community of Korah, but in his own sin he died, and he had no sons.
4 · This verse (above)
5Moses brought their case before YHWH.