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Our little ones,טַפֵּנוּour wives,נָשֵׁינוּour livestock,מִקְנֵנוּand allוְכָלour animalsבְּהֶמְתֵּנוּshall beיִהְיוּthereשָׁםin the citiesבְּעָרֵיof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָד
Numbers 32:26
Study it in the app“Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals shall be there in the cities of Gilead,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:26, word by word
- Our little onesטַפֵּtape
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tape” appears- our wivesנָשֵׁיnashe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashe” appears- our livestockמִקְנֵmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- our animalsבְּהֶמְתֵּbehemte
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behemte” appears- shall beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- in the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of 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
25The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26 · This verse (above)
27but your servants will cross over, every armed man of the army, before YHWH to the war, as my lord says.”