But if they becomeוְהָיוּwivesלְנָשִׁיםto oneלְאֶחָדof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof the tribesשִׁבְטֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthenוְtheir inheritanceנַחֲלָתָןwill be taken awayנִגְרְעָהfrom the inheritanceמִנַּחֲלַתof our fathersאֲבֹתֵינוּand addedוְנוֹסַףtoעַלthe inheritanceנַחֲלַתof the tribeהַמַּטֶּהto whichאֲשֶׁרthey belong;תִּהְיֶינָה לָהֶםso it will be taken awayוּ יִגָּרֵעַfrom the lotמִגֹּרַלof our inheritance.נַחֲלָתֵנוּ
Numbers 36:3
Study it in the app“But if they become wives to one of the sons of the tribes of the sons of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 36:3, word by word
- But if they becomeהָיוּhayu
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- to oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” 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- their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears- will be taken awayנִגְרְעָהnigra
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “nigra” appears- of our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and addedנוֹסַףnosaf
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “nosaf” appears- of the tribeמַּטֶּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- from the lotגֹּרַלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears
The context
2They said, “YHWH commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel; and my lord was commanded by YHWH to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
3 · This verse (above)
4And when the jubilee of the sons of Israel comes, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers their inheritance will be taken away.”