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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Ifאִםwe have foundמָצָאנוּfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָlet thisהַזֹּאתlandהָאָרֶץbe givenיֻתַּןto your servantsלַעֲבָדֶיךָas a possession;לַאֲחֻזָּהdo notאַלmake us crossתַּעֲבִרֵנוּthe Jordan.”הַיַּרְדֵּן
Numbers 32:5
Study it in the app“They 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:5, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- we have foundמָצָאנוּmatsanu
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsanu” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- be givenיֻתַּןyutan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yutan” appears- to your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- as a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears- make us crossתַּעֲבִרֵtaavire
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavire” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
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Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
4the land that YHWH struck before the community of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here?