Numbers 36:5

“Moses commanded the sons of Israel at the command of YHWH, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph is speaking rightly.”

Numbers 36:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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commandedיְצַוyetsav

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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at the commandפִּיpi

command

Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.

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of 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.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“The tribeמַטֵּהmate

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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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".

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is speakingדֹּבְרִיםdovrim

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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The context

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.”

5 · This verse (above)

6This is the thing that YHWH has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: Let them become the wives of whoever is good in their eyes; only within the family of the tribe of their father shall they become wives.

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