Numbers
Numbers 32:31–32
31The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do. 32We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
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Numbers 32:31
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gadites | בְנֵי־ | ḇə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| and Reubenites | וּבְנֵ֥י | ū·ḇə·nê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| replied | וַיַּֽעֲנ֧וּ | way·ya·‘ă·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6030 answer, respond |
| As | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֛ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has spoken | דִּבֶּ֧ר | dib·ber | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| your servants | עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| so | כֵּ֥ן | kên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| we will do | נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ | na·‘ă·śeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural | H6213 do, make |
Numbers 32:32
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| We | נַ֣חְנוּ | naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H5168 we |
| will cross over | נַעֲבֹ֧ר | na·‘ă·ḇōr | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| into the land | אֶ֣רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Canaan | כְּנָ֑עַן | kə·nā·‘an | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3667 Canaan |
| armed | חֲלוּצִ֛ים | ḥă·lū·ṣîm | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural | H2502 draw off or out, withdraw |
| before | לִפְנֵ֥י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| that | וְאִתָּ֙נוּ֙ | wə·’it·tā·nū | Conjunctive waw; Preposition; first person common plural | H854 with |
| we may have our inheritance | נַחֲלָתֵ֔נוּ | na·ḥă·lā·ṯê·nū | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H5159 possession, property, inheritance |
| on this side | מֵעֵ֖בֶר | mê·‘ê·ḇer | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H5676 region across or beyond, side |
| of the Jordan | לַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ | lay·yar·dên | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3383 Jordan |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.