Numbers 34:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְצַ֣ו מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּתְנַחֲל֤וּ אֹתָהּ֙ בְּגוֹרָ֔ל אֲשֶׁר֙ צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה לָתֵ֛ת לְתִשְׁעַ֥ת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת וַחֲצִ֥י הַמַּטֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yəṣaw mōšeh ʾet-bənê yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr zōʾt hā-ʾāreṣ ʾăšer titnăḥălû ʾōtāh bə-gôrāl ʾăšer ṣiwwâ Yhwh lātēt lə-tišʿat ha-maṭṭôt wa-ḥăṣî ha-maṭṭeh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəṣaw*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and commanded
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʾet-bənê yiśrāʾēl*: direct object marker + construct noun + proper noun - the sons of Israel
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *ʾăšer titnăḥălû*: relative pronoun + hithpael imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - which you shall inherit
• *ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
• *bə-gôrāl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - by lot
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - commanded
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *lātēt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to give
• *lə-tišʿat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - to nine
• *ha-maṭṭôt*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the tribes
• *wa-ḥăṣî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and half
• *ha-maṭṭeh*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the tribe

Word Meanings

• *wa-yəṣaw*: and commanded/instructed/ordered
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say/commanding
• *titnăḥălû*: you shall inherit/receive as inheritance/divide as inheritance
• *bə-gôrāl*: by lot/by allotment/by casting lots
• *ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered/instructed
• *lātēt*: to give/to assign/to grant
• *maṭṭôt*: tribes/staffs/rods

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half - tribe;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Moses commaunded the childern of Israel sayege: this is the lode which ye shall enherett by lotte and which the Lorde comauded to geue vnto.ix. trybes and an halfe:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Moses commaunded the children of Israel, and sayde: This is youre londe that ye shal deuyde out amonge you by lott, which the LORDE hath commaunded to geue vnto the nyne trybes, and to the halfe trybe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Moses commaunded the children of Israel, saying, This is the lande which yee shall inherite by lot, which the Lord commaunded to giue vnto nine tribes and halfe the tribe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Moyses commaunded the chyldren of Israel, saying: This is the land which ye shal inherite by lot, and which the Lorde commaunded to geue vnto nine tribes and an halfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, saying, `This `is' the land which ye inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Moses commanded the Israelites:“This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

Referenced Verses

• Num 34:1 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
• Josh 14:1-5 : 1 And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them. 2 Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions. 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.