These areאֵלֶּהthose whomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהcommandedצִוָּהto apportion as inheritanceלְנַחֵלto the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
Numbers 34:29
Study it in the app“These are those whom YHWH commanded to apportion as inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 34:29, word by word
- 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- commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- to apportion as inheritanceנַחֵלnachel
apportion
To distribute the land as an inheritance among those who will receive it.
Where else “nachel” appears- to 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- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” 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
28of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel son of Ammihud.”
29 · This verse (above)