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The sonsבְּנֵיof Machirמָכִירsonבֶּןof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהwentוַיֵּלְכוּto Gileadגִּלְעָדָהand took itוַיִּלְכְּדֻהָand dispossessedוַיּוֹרֶשׁthe Amoriteהָאֱמֹרִיwhoאֲשֶׁרwas in it.בָּהּ
Numbers 32:39
Study it in the app“The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:39, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Machirמָכִירmachir
Machir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- to Gileadגִּלְעָדָgilada
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilada” appears- and took itיִּלְכְּדֻyilkdu
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkdu” appears- and dispossessedיּוֹרֶשׁyoresh
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “yoresh” appears- the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” 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
38Nebo, and Baal-meon —their names changed— and Sibmah; and they gave names to the cities that they built.
39 · This verse (above)
40Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.