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MosesמֹשֶׁהgaveוַיִּתֵּןGileadהַגִּלְעָדto Machirלְמָכִירsonבֶּןof Manasseh,מְנַשֶּׁהand he dweltוַיֵּשֶׁבin it.בָּהּ
Numbers 32:40
Study it in the app“Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:40, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- to 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- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” 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- and he dweltיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” 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
39The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it.
40 · This verse (above)
41Jair son of Manasseh went and took their villages, and he called them Havvoth-jair.