Numbers 33:54

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And ye shall deuide the inheritaunce of the land by lot among your kinredes, and geue to the moe, the more inheritounce, and to the fewer, the lesse inheritaunce: And your inheritaunce shalbe in the tribes of your fathers, euery mans inheritaunce in the place where his lot falleth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם֩ אֶת־הָאָ֨רֶץ בְּגוֹרָ֜ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם לָרַ֞ב תַּרְבּ֤וּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ וְלַמְעַט֙ תַּמְעִ֣יט אֶת־נַחֲלָת֔וֹ אֶל֩ אֲשֶׁר־יֵ֨צֵא ל֥וֹ שָׁ֛מָּה הַגּוֹרָ֖ל ל֣וֹ יִהְיֶ֑ה לְמַטּ֥וֹת אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם תִּתְנֶחָֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-hitnəḥaltem ʾet-hāʾāreṣ bə-gôrāl lə-mišpəḥōtêkem, to-the-numerous tarbû ʾet-naḥălātô and-to-the-few tamʿîṭ ʾet-naḥălātô, to ʾăšer-yēṣēʾ to-him šāmmāh ha-gôrāl to-him yihyeh; lə-maṭṭôt ʾăbōtêkem titnęḥālû

Grammar Details

• *wə-hitnəḥaltem*: conjunction + Hithpael perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall divide as inheritance
• *bə-gôrāl*: preposition + noun masculine singular - by lot
• *lə-mišpəḥōtêkem*: preposition + noun feminine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to/for your families
• *lārab*: preposition + adjective masculine singular - to the numerous/many
• *tarbû*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall increase
• *naḥălātô*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inheritance
• *wə-lamʿaṭ*: conjunction + preposition + adjective masculine singular - and to the few
• *tamʿîṭ*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall decrease
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/where
• *yēṣēʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it goes out/comes forth
• *lô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
• *šāmmāh*: adverb - there
• *ha-gôrāl*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the lot
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *lə-maṭṭôt*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct - according to the tribes of
• *ʾăbōtêkem*: noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your fathers
• *titnęḥālû*: Hithpael imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall inherit

Word Meanings

• *wə-hitnəḥaltem*: you shall apportion/allocate/divide for inheritance
• *gôrāl*: lot/portion/allocation by chance
• *mišpəḥōtêkem*: your families/clans
• *tarbû*: you shall increase/enlarge/make greater
• *tamʿîṭ*: you shall decrease/reduce/make smaller
• *naḥălātô*: his inheritance/possession/portion
• *maṭṭôt*: tribes/staffs/branches

Referenced Verses

• Num 26:53-56 : 53 Unto these the lande shalbe deuided to inherite, accordyng to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt geue the more inheritaunce, and to fewe the lesse: to euerie tribe shall the inheritaunce be geuen, according to the number therof. 55 Notwithstanding, the lande shalbe deuided by lot, & according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherite. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.
• Josh 15:1-9 : 1 This was the lot of the tribe of the children of Iuda by their kinreds, euen to the border of Edom in the wildernesse of Zin southwarde, euen from the vtmost parte of the south coast. 2 And their south coast was from the brinke of the salt sea, from a rocke that leaneth southwarde. 3 And it went out to the southside towarde ye goyng vp to Maale Acrabim, & went along to Zin, and ascended vp on the southside vnto Cades Barnea: and went along to Hezron, and went vp to Adar, and fet a compasse to Karcaa. 4 From thence went it along to Azmon, and reached vnto the riuer of Egypt, & the ende of that coast was on the westside: This is their south coast. 5 Their east coast is the salt sea, euen vnto ye ende of Iordane: And their border in the north quarter, was from the rocke of the sea and from the ende of Iordane. 6 And the same border went vp to Bethhagla, and went along by the northside of Betharabah, and vp from thence to the stone of Bohen ye sonne of Ruben. 7 And againe, the same border went vp to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northwarde, turning towarde Gilgal, that lieth before the goyng vp to Adommim, which is of the south side of the riuer: And the same border went vp to the waters of the fountayne of the sunne, and ended at the well of Rogel. 8 And then went vp to the valley of the sonne of Hennom, euen vnto the south syde of Iebusi, the same is Hierusalem: And then went vp to the toppe of the hyll that lyeth before the valley of Hennom westwarde, and by the end of the valley of the giauntes northwarde. 9 And then it compasseth from the top of the hill vnto the fountaine of the water of Nephthoah, and goeth out of the cities of mount Ephron, and draweth to Baala, which is Kiriathiarim. 10 And then it compasseth from Baala westward vnto mount Seir, and then goeth along vnto the side of mount Iarim, which is Chesalon on the northside, and commeth downe to Bethsames, and goeth to Thimnah. 11 And goeth out againe vnto the syde of Akaron northward: And then draweth to Secron, and goeth along to mount Baala, and stretcheth vnto Iabneel: and the endes of the coastes leaue at the west sea. 12 And the west border was the great sea, and the same coast was the coast of the children of Iuda round about, in their kinredes.
• Josh 16:1-4 : 1 And the lot of the children of Ioseph fell fro Iordane by Iericho, vnto the water of Iericho eastwarde, & to the wildernesse that goeth vp fro Iericho throughout mount Bethel. 2 And goeth out fro Bethel to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth: 3 And goeth downe againe westward euen to the coast of Iaphleti, and vnto the coast of Bethhoron the neather, & to Gazer, and the endes of their coastes leaue at the west sea. 4 And so the children of Ioseph, Manasses, & Ephraim, toke their inheritaunce.
• Josh 17:1-9 : 1 This was the lot of the tribe of Manasses, which was the eldest son of Ioseph, to witte of Machir the eldest sonne of Manasses, which was the father of Gilead: now because he was a man of warre, he had Gilead and Basan. 2 This is the possession of the rest of the children of Manasses by their kinreds: Namely of the children of Abiezer, the children of Helek, the children of Ariel, the children of Sichem, the children of Hepher, the children of Semida: for these were the male children of Manasses, the sonne of Ioseph by their kinredes. 3 But Selaphead the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Giliad, ye sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasses, had no sonnes: but daughters, whose names are these, Mahaia, Noa, Hagla, Melcha, and Thirsa. 4 Which came before Eleasar the priest, and before Iosuah the sonne of Nun, & before the Lordes, saying: The Lord commaunded Moyses to geue vs an enheritaunce among our brethren. 5 And therfore according to the commaundement of the Lorde, he gaue them an enheritaunce among the brethren of their father. And there fel ten portions to Manasses, beside the lande of Gilead and Basan, whiche were on the other side Iordane. 6 Because the daughters of Manasses dyd enherite among his sonnes: And Manasses other sonnes had the lande of Gilead. 7 And the coaste of Manasses was from Aser to Machmathath that lieth before Sichem, and went along on the right hande, euen vnto the inhabitantes of Entaphuah, 8 And the lande of Thaphuah belonged to Manasses: which Thaphuah is beside the border of Manasses, beside the border of the children of Ephraim. 9 And the coaste descended vnto the riuer Canah southwarde, euen to the riuer: These cities of Ephraim, are among ye cities of Manasses. The coaste of Manasses went also on the northside to the riuer, and the endes of it go out at the sea: 10 So that ye south partained to Ephraim, & the north to Manasses, & the sea is his border: And they met together in Aser northwarde, & in Isachar eastwarde. 11 And Manasses had in Isachar and in Aser, Bethsean & her townes, Iiblean and her townes, and the inhabitours of Dor, with the townes pertaining to the same, and the inhabitours of Endor with the townes of the same, and the inhabitours of Thaanach with her townes, and the inhabitours of Magedo with the townes of the same, euen three countreys. 12 Yet the children of Manasses coulde not ouercome those cities: but the Chanaanites presumed to dwell in the same lande. 13 Neuerthelesse, assoone as the children of Israel were waxed strong, they put the Chanaanites vnder tribute, but expelled them not.
• Josh 18:11-19:48 : 11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Beniamin came vp according to their kinredes: And the coast of their lot came betweene the children of Iuda, and the children of Ioseph. 12 And their north coast was from Iordane, & went vp to the side of Iericho on the north side, and went vp through the mountaines westwarde, and they ended at the wildernesse of Bethauen. 13 And went from thence toward Luz, euen to the south side of Luz (the same is Bethel) & descended againe to Ataroth Adar, vnto the hyll that lyeth on the south side of ye neather Bethhoron. 14 And the coast turneth thence, & compasseth the corner of the sea southward, euen from the hyll that lyeth before Bethhoron southward, and goeth out at Kiriathbaal (which is Kiriath Iarim) a citie of the childre of Iuda: This is the west quarter. 15 And the south coast goeth from the ende of Kiriathiarim, and goeth out westwarde, and thence it turneth to the well of waters of Nephthoah, 16 And commeth downe againe to the end of the hyll that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of Hennom, euen in the valley of the giauntes northwarde, and descendeth into the valley of Hennom beside Iebusi southward, & goeth downe to the well of Rogel, 17 And compasseth from the north, and goeth foorth to En shemesh, and departeth from thence to the places of Geliloth, whiche are towarde the going vp vnto Adommim: and goeth downe to the stone of Bohan the sonne of Ruben. 18 And then goeth along toward the side of the plaine northward, and goeth downe into the fieldes. 19 And goeth along to the syde of Bethhagla northwarde, and endureth the poynt of the salt sea north therefrom, euen at the south ende of Iordane: This is the south coast. 20 And Iordane kepeth in this coast on the east syde: And this is the inheritaunce of the chyldren of Beniamin by their coastes rounde about, throughout their kinredes. 21 These were the cities of the tribes of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their kinredes: Iericho, Bethhagla, and the plaine of Casis. 22 Betharabah, Samaraim, and Bethel. 23 Auim, Parah, and Ophrah, 24 Haamonai, Ophni, & Gaba, twelue cities with their villages. 25 Gabaon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mispeh, Chephirah, and Mosah, 27 Recem, Iarephel, and Tharela, 28 Sela, Eleph, and Iebusi (which is Hierusalem) Gibath, and Ciriath, fourteene cities with their villages. This is the inheritaunce of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their kinredes. 1 And the secod lot came out to Simeon, euen for the tribe of the children of Simeon by their kinreds: And their inheritauce was in the middes of the inheritaunce of the children of Iuda. 2 And they had in their inheritaunce, Beersabe, Sabe, and Moladah, 3 Hazorsual, Balah, and Azem, 4 Eltholad, Bethul, and Hormah, 5 Zikelag, Bethmarcaboth, and Hazetsusah, 6 Bethlebaoth, & Saruhen, thirteene cities with their villages. 7 Ain, Remmon, Ether, & Asan, foure cities with their villages. 8 And therto all the villages that were rounde about these cities, euen to Balasah Beer, and Ramath southward. This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the children of Simeon throughout their kinredes. 9 Out of the lot of the children of Iuda, came the inheritaunce of the children of Simeon: For the part of the children of Iuda was to much for them, and therfore the children of Simeon had their inheritaunce in the inheritaunce of them. 10 And the third lot arose for the childre of Zabulon throughout their kynreds: And the coastes of their inheritaunce came to Sarid. 11 And went vp westward euen to Maralah, and reached to Dabbaseth, & came thence to the riuer that lyeth before Iokneam. 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunne risyng vnto the border of Chisloth Thabor, & then goeth out to Dabereth, and goeth vp to Iaphia. 13 And from thence goeth along eastward to Gethah Hepher, to Itthah Kazin, and goeth to Remmon, and turneth to Neah: 14 And compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon, and endeth in the valey of Iephthahel, 15 And Katath, Nahalol, Simeon, Iedalah, and Bethlehem: twelue cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritaunce of the children of Zabulon throughout their kynredes, and these are the cities with their villages. 17 And the fourth lot came out to Isachar, euen for the children of Isachar by their kinreds. 18 And their coast was Iesraelah, Casuloth, aud Sunem, 19 Hapharaim, Sion, and Anaharath, 20 Harabith, Kision, and Abez, 21 Rameth, Enganim, Enhadah, and Bethphazez. 22 And his coast reacheth to Thabor, & Sahazimah, and Bethsames: and endeth at Iordane, syxteene cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the children of Isachar by their kinreds: and these are the cities with their villages. 24 And ye fyfth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Aser by their kinreds. 25 And their coast was, Helkath, Hali, Beten, and Achsap, 26 Alamelech, Amaad, and Miseal: and came to Carmel westwarde, and to Sihor Libanath. 27 And turneth toward the sunne rising to Bethdagon, and commeth to Zabulon, and to the valley of Iephthahel, towarde the north side of Bethemek & Neiel, and goeth out on the lefte side of Cabul, 28 And to Hebron, Rohob, Hammon, and Kanah, euen vnto great Sidon. 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah & to the strong citie of Zor, and turneth to Hozah, & endeth at the sea, by the possession of Achzibah, 30 Amah also, and Aphek, and Rohob: twentie and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritaunce of the children of Aser by their kinreds: these are the cities with their villages. 32 And the syxth lot came out to the children of Nephthali euen to the childre of Nephthali by their kinredes. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, and from Elon to Zacnanim, Adami Nekeb, and Iabneel, euen to Lakum, and doth go out at Iordane. 34 And then the coast turneth westward to Asanoth Thabor, & then goeth out from thence to Hukokah, and reacheth to Zabulon on the south side, and goeth to Aser on the west side, and to Iuda vpon Iordane toward the sunne risyng. 35 And their strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Raccath, & Cenereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah, and Hazor, 37 Kedes, Edrai, and Enhazor, 38 Ieron, Magdalel, Horem, Bethanah and Bethsames, ninteene cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the children of Nephthali by their kynredes: these also are the cities and their villages. 40 And the seuenth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan by their kinredes. 41 And the coast of their inheritaunce was, Zaraah, Esthaol, Irsemes, 42 Saelabin, Aialon, Iethlah, 43 Elon, and Themnathah, and Akron, 44 Elthekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 Iehud, Banebarac, & Gathrimon, 46 Meiercon, and Arecon, with the border that lyeth before Iapho. 47 And the coastes of the childre of Dan went out from them: And the children of Dan went vp to fyght against Lesem, and toke it, and smote it with ye edge of the sworde, & conquered it, and dwelt therin, and called it Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the childre of Dan in theyr kinredes: these also are the cities, with their villages.