Numbers 34:13

“Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land that you shall take as inheritance by lot, which YHWH has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half tribe.”

Numbers 34:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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commandedיְצַוyetsav

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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you shall take as inheritanceתִּתְנַחֲלוּtitnachalu

inherit

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

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by lotגוֹרָלgoral

lot

Small stones cast to decide something.

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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.

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to giveתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to the nineתִשְׁעַתtishat

nine

Nine; also "ninth".

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tribesמַּטּוֹתmatot

tribe

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

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and the halfחֲצִיchatsi

half

One of two equal parts of something.

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The context

12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land by its borders all around.”

13 · This verse (above)

14For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenites by their fathers’ house and the tribe of the sons of the Gadites by their fathers’ house have taken, and the half tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

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