Numbers

Numbers 32:39–42

³⁹The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. ⁴⁰So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. ⁴¹Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.^c ⁴²And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Footnotes

c 32:41 Havvoth-jair means the villages of Jair.

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Numbers 32:39

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The descendants	בְּנֵ֨י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Machir	מָכִ֧יר	mā·ḵîr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4353 Makir
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Manasseh	מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה	mə·naš·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4519 Manasseh
went	וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to Gilead	גִּלְעָ֖דָה	gil·‘ā·ḏāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H1568 Gilad
captured it	וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ	way·yil·kə·ḏu·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person feminine singular	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
and drove out	וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ	way·yō·w·reš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
the Amorites	הָאֱמֹרִ֥י	hā·’ĕ·mō·rî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H567 Amorites
who were	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
there	בָּֽהּ׃	bāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular

Numbers 32:40

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Moses	מֹשֶׁה֙	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
gave	וַיִּתֵּ֤ן	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
Gilead	הַגִּלְעָ֔ד	hag·gil·‘āḏ	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1568 Gilad
to the clan of Machir	לְמָכִ֖יר	lə·mā·ḵîr	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4353 Makir
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Manasseh	מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה	mə·naš·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4519 Manasseh
and they settled	וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב	way·yê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
there	בָּֽהּ׃	bāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular

Numbers 32:41

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Jair	וְיָאִ֤יר	wə·yā·’îr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2971 Jair
a descendant	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Manasseh	מְנַשֶּׁה֙	mə·naš·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4519 Manasseh
went	הָלַ֔ךְ	hā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and captured	וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד	way·yil·kōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
their villages	חַוֺּתֵיהֶ֑ם	ḥaw·wō·ṯê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H2333 tent-village
and called	וַיִּקְרָ֥א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
them	חַוֺּ֥ת	ḥaw·wōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H2334 hamlets of Jair
Havvoth-jair	יָאִֽיר׃	yā·’îr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2334 hamlets of Jair

Numbers 32:42

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Nobah	וְנֹ֣בַח	wə·nō·ḇaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5025 Nobach
went	הָלַ֔ךְ	hā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and captured	וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד	way·yil·kōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
Kenath	קְנָ֖ת	qə·nāṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7079 Kenath
and its villages	בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָ	bə·nō·ṯe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1323 daughter
and called	וַיִּקְרָ֧א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
it	לָ֦ה	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
Nobah	נֹ֖בַח	nō·ḇaḥ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5025 Nobach
after his own name	בִּשְׁמֽוֹ׃פ	biš·mōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8034 name

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Numbers 32:39 Genesis 50:23

Numbers 32:40 Joshua 17:1

Numbers 32:41 Deuteronomy 3:14 · Judges 10:4 · Joshua 13:30

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