Study it in the app“This 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.”
This isזֶהthe thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas commandedצִוָּהconcerning the daughtersלִבְנוֹתof Zelophehad,צְלָפְחָדsaying:לֵאמֹרLet them becomeתִּהְיֶינָהthe wivesלְנָשִׁיםof whoeverלַis goodטּוֹבin their eyes;בְּעֵינֵיהֶםonlyאַךְwithin the familyלְמִשְׁפַּחַתof the tribeמַטֵּהof their fatherאֲבִיהֶםshall they becomeתִּהְיֶינָהwives.לְנָשִׁים
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsYHWH
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” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venot” appearsZelophehad
Zelophehad, a man of the tribe of Manasseh who died without sons; his five daughters asked for and received his inheritance.
Where else “tselafchad” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyena” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appearsfitting
What is fitting: "it is not good for man to be alone".
Where else “tov” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears5Moses commanded the sons of Israel at the command of YHWH, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph is speaking rightly.
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7So the inheritance of the sons of Israel shall not pass from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall hold fast, each to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
