Numbers

Numbers 36:5–6

⁵So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly. ⁶This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

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Numbers 36:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So at	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the word	פִּ֥י	pî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Moses	מֹשֶׁה֙	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
commanded	וַיְצַ֤ו	way·ṣaw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
the Israelites	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
The tribe	מַטֵּ֥ה	maṭ·ṭêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4294 staff, rod, shaft
of the sons	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Joseph	יוֹסֵ֖ף	yō·w·sêp̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3130 Joseph
speaks	דֹּבְרִֽים׃	dō·ḇə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1696 speak
correctly	כֵּ֛ן	kên	Adjective - masculine singular	H3651 right, veritable, honest

Numbers 36:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This	זֶ֣ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
is what	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has commanded	צִוָּ֣ה	ṣiw·wāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
concerning the daughters	לִבְנ֤וֹת	liḇ·nō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct	H1323 daughter
of Zelophehad	צְלָפְחָד֙	ṣə·lā·p̄ə·ḥāḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6765 Tselophchad
They may marry	תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה	tih·ye·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
anyone they please	לַטּ֥וֹב	laṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
provided	אַ֗ךְ	’aḵ	Adverb	H389 surely
they marry	תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה	tih·ye·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
within a clan	לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת	lə·miš·pa·ḥaṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4940 clan
of the tribe	מַטֵּ֥ה	maṭ·ṭêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4294 staff, rod, shaft
of their father	אֲבִיהֶ֖ם	’ă·ḇî·hem	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father

Cross-references

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Numbers 36:5 Numbers 27:7

Numbers 36:6 Numbers 36:12 · 2 Corinthians 6:14 · Genesis 24:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.