Numbers 32:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֽוּ־לָכֶ֤ם עָרִים֙ לְטַפְּכֶ֔ם וּגְדֵרֹ֖ת לְצֹנַאֲכֶ֑ם וְהַיֹּצֵ֥א מִפִּיכֶ֖ם תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃

Transliteration

bənū-lāḵem ʿārîm ləṭappəḵem ūḡədērōt lṣōnaʾăḵem wəhayyōṣēʾ mippîḵem taʿăśū

Grammar Details

*bənū-lāḵem*: qal imperative, masculine plural with preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - build for yourselves
*ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
*ləṭappəḵem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your little ones
*ūḡədērōt*: conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and folds/pens
*lṣōnaʾăḵem*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your flocks
*wəhayyōṣēʾ*: conjunction + definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - and that which proceeds
*mippîḵem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - from your mouth
*taʿăśū*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall do

Word Meanings

*ṭappəḵem*: your little ones/children/families
*ḡədērōt*: folds/enclosures/pens for animals
*hayyōṣēʾ mippîḵem*: what comes out of your mouth/what you have promised

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Referenced Verses

Num 32:16 : 16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Num 32:34-42 : 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon,(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Num 30:2 : 2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 32:15-17
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15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
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Num 32:25-27
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25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
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Num 32:22-23
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22And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
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Deut 3:19
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19But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle,( for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
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24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
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Deut 6:10
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10And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Num 32:6-7
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Num 32:4
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