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Withinמִthe familiesמִּשְׁפְּחֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהsonבֶןof Josephיוֹסֵףthey becameהָיוּwives,לְנָשִׁיםand their inheritanceוַ נַחֲלָתָןremainedתְּהִיinעַלthe tribeמַטֵּהof the familyמִשְׁפַּחַתof their father.אֲבִיהֶן
Numbers 36:12
Study it in the app“Within 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 36:12, word by word
- the familiesמִּשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- of Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- they becameהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- and their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears- the tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
The context
11Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, became wives to the sons of their uncles.
12 · This verse (above)
13These are the commandments and the rules that YHWH commanded through Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.