Mosesמֹשֶׁהcommandedוַיְצַוthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“This isזֹאתthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyou shall take as inheritanceתִּתְנַחֲלוּ אֹתָהּby lot,בְּגוֹרָלwhichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas commandedצִוָּהto giveלָתֵתto the nineלְתִשְׁעַתtribesהַמַּטּוֹתand the halfוַחֲצִיtribe.הַמַּטֶּה
Numbers 34:13
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 34:13, 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- commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- you shall take as inheritanceתִּתְנַחֲלוּtitnachalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “titnachalu” appears- by lotגוֹרָלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” 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- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- to the nineתִשְׁעַתtishat
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tishat” appears- tribesמַּטּוֹתmatot
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appears- and the halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears
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.