“Commandצַוthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them:אֲלֵהֶםWhenכִּיyouאַתֶּםenterבָּאִיםintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןthis isזֹאתthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרshall fallתִּפֹּלto youלָכֶםas an inheritance,בְּנַחֲלָהthe landאֶרֶץof Canaanכְּנַעַןaccording to its borders.לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ
Numbers 34:2
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- enterבָּאִיםbaim
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “baim” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- 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.
Where else “tipol” appears- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- 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
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).
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.