Numbers 36:11

“Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, became wives to the sons of their uncles.”

Numbers 36:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 36:11, word by word

Mahlahמַחְלָהmachla

Mahlah

Mahlah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad.

Where else “machla” appears
Tirzahתִרְצָהtirtsa

Tirzah

Tirzah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad; also a city of Canaan. The name means "delight."

Where else “tirtsa” appears
Hoglahחָגְלָהchagla

Hoglah

Hoglah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad. The name perhaps means "partridge."

Where else “chagla” appears
Milcahמִלְכָּהmilka

Milcah

Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abram's brother; also a daughter of Zelophehad.

Where else “milka” appears
and Noahנֹעָהnoa

Noah

Noah (in Hebrew Noa, different from the Noah of the flood), one of the five daughters of Zelophehad. The name means "movement."

Where else “noa” appears
the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “benot” appears
of Zelophehadצְלָפְחָדtselafchad

Zelophehad

Zelophehad, a man of the tribe of Manasseh who died without sons; his five daughters asked for and received his inheritance.

Where else “tselafchad” appears
becameתִּהְיֶינָהtihyena

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “tihyena” appears
wivesנָשִׁיםnashim

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “nashim” appears
to the sonsבְנֵיvene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vene” appears
of their unclesדֹדֵיdode

uncle

An uncle, or a relative.

Where else “dode” appears

The context

10As YHWH had commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.

11 · This verse (above)

12Within the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph they became wives, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

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