Numbers 33:54

“You shall take as inheritance the land by lot according to your families; to the large you shall increase his inheritance, and to the small you shall reduce his inheritance; wherever the lot falls for him, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall take inheritance.”

Numbers 33:54 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 33:54, word by word

You shall take as inheritanceהִתְנַחַלְתֶּםhitnachaltem

inherit

To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.

Where else “hitnachaltem” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
by lotגוֹרָלgoral

lot

Small stones cast to decide something.

Where else “goral” appears
according to your familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיmishpchote

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

Where else “mishpchote” appears
to the largeרַבrav

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rav” appears
you shall increaseתַּרְבּוּtarbu

increase

To make an amount larger, adding and adding.

Where else “tarbu” appears
his inheritanceנַחֲלָתnachalat

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

Where else “nachalat” appears
and to the smallמְעַטmeat

few

A small amount: few in number, or a short time.

Where else “meat” appears
you shall reduceתַּמְעִיטtamit

be few, too small

Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.

Where else “tamit” appears
fallsיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yetse” appears
that shall beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
according to the tribesמַטּוֹתmatot

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

Where else “matot” appears
of your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avote” appears

The context

53You shall take possession of the land and dwell in it, for to you I have given the land to possess it.

54 · This verse (above)

55But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain of them shall be as barbs in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land in which you dwell.

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