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the landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהstruckהִכָּהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe communityעֲדַתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלisהִואa landאֶרֶץfor livestock,מִקְנֶהand your servantsוְלַעֲבָדֶיךָhave livestock.”מִקְנֶה
Numbers 32:4
Study it in the app“the land that YHWH struck before the community of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:4, word by word
- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” 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- struckהִכָּהhika
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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- for livestockמִקְנֶהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears
The context
3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4 · This verse (above)
5They said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not make us cross the Jordan.”