Numbers

Numbers 32:16

¹⁶Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then	וַיִּגְּשׁ֤וּ	way·yig·gə·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5066 draw near, approach
and said	וַ֣יֹּאמְר֔וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
We want to build	נִבְנֶ֥ה	niḇ·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H1129 build
sheepfolds	גִּדְרֹ֥ת	giḏ·rōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1448 wall
here	פֹּ֑ה	pōh	Adverb	H6311 here, hither
for our livestock	לְמִקְנֵ֖נוּ	lə·miq·nê·nū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H4735 cattle
and cities	וְעָרִ֖ים	wə·‘ā·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
for our little ones	לְטַפֵּֽנוּ׃	lə·ṭap·pê·nū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H2945 children

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.