So the inheritanceוְ נַחֲלָהof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלshall notלֹאpassתִסֹּבfrom tribeמִמַּטֶּהto tribe,אֶל מַטֶּהforכִּיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלshall hold fast,יִדְבְּקוּeachאִישׁto the inheritanceבְּנַחֲלַתof the tribeמַטֵּהof his fathers.אֲבֹתָיו
Numbers 36:7
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 36:7, word by word
- So the inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- passתִסֹּבtisov
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “tisov” appears- from tribeמַּטֶּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- shall hold fastיִדְבְּקוּyidbku
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “yidbku” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from the tribes of the sons of Israel shall become wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel may possess, each, the inheritance of his fathers.