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But ifוְאִםthey do notלֹאcrossיַעַבְרוּarmedחֲלוּצִיםwith you,אִתְּכֶםthen they shall have possessionsוְנֹאחֲזוּamong youבְתֹכְכֶםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan.”כְּנָעַן
Numbers 32:30
Study it in the app“But if they do not cross armed with you, then they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:30, word by word
- crossיַעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- armedחֲלוּצִיםchalutsim
arm
To get ready for war.
Where else “chalutsim” appears- then they shall have possessionsנֹאחֲזוּnochazu
possess
To keep a land and settle in it.
Where else “nochazu” appears- among youתֹכְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
29Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross with you the Jordan, every armed man for the war before YHWH, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
30 · This verse (above)
31The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “What YHWH has spoken to your servants, so we will do.