Numbers 34:2

““Command the sons of Israel and say to them: When you enter into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its borders.”

Numbers 34:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 34:2, word by word

“Commandצַוtsav

command

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

Where else “tsav” 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.

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and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

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

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enterבָּאִיםbaim

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “baim” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan

Canaan

See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
shall fallתִּפֹּלtipol

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

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as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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according to its bordersגְבֻלֹתֶיgevulote

border, territory

Territory, border: the limit of a land and the region it encloses.

Where else “gevulote” appears

Places in this verse

JerusalemCanaan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Canaan

    Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria

    The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.

    God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).

    Genesis 12:5Genesis 17:8Exodus 6:4Joshua 5:12

The context

1YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 · This verse (above)

3Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.

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