Numbers

Numbers 27:4

⁴Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
should the name	שֵׁם־	šêm-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of our father	אָבִ֙ינוּ֙	’ā·ḇî·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H1 father
disappear	יִגָּרַ֤ע	yig·gā·ra‘	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1639 diminish, restrain, withdraw
from	מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mit·tō·wḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
his clan	מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ	miš·paḥ·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4940 clan
because	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he had no	אֵ֥ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
sons	בֵּ֑ן	bên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
Give	תְּנָה־	tə·nāh-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
us	לָּ֣נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
property	אֲחֻזָּ֔ה	’ă·ḥuz·zāh	Noun - feminine singular	H272 possession
among	בְּת֖וֹךְ	bə·ṯō·wḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
our father’s	אָבִֽינוּ׃	’ā·ḇî·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H1 father
brothers	אֲחֵ֥י	’ă·ḥê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H251 brother

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.