and the landוְ הָאָרֶץis subduedנִכְבְּשָׁהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהthen afterwardוְאַחַרyou shall returnתָּשֻׁבוּand beוִהְיִיתֶםinnocentנְקִיִּיםbefore YHWHמֵיְהוָהand before Israel;וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵלand thisוְ הַזֹּאתlandהָאָרֶץshall beהָיְתָהyoursלָכֶםas a possessionלַאֲחֻזָּהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH.יְהוָה
Numbers 32:22
Study it in the app“and the land is subdued before YHWH, then afterward you shall return and be innocent before YHWH and before Israel; and this land shall be yours as a possession before YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:22, word by word
- and the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- is subduedנִכְבְּשָׁהnichbsha
subdue
To put a land or a people under one's own power until they are held in subjection.
Where else “nichbsha” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- you shall returnתָּשֻׁבוּtashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuvu” appears- and beהְיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- innocentנְקִיִּיםnekiyim
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “nekiyim” appears- and before Israelיִּשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- as a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears
The context
21and every armed man of you crosses the Jordan before YHWH until he has dispossessed his enemies from before him,
22 · This verse (above)
23But if you do not do so, look, you have sinned against YHWH; and know that your sin will find you.