Numbers 36
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
2And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
3And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
4And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
6This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
7So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
9Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
10Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
12And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- בֵּןbênH112120× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- נַחֲלָהnachălâhH515917× in this chapter
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭehH429414× in this chapter
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH347811× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- הָיָהhâyâhH196110× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אָבʼâbH19× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâhH49406× in this chapter
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
- צָוָהtsâvâhH66806× in this chapter
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8026× in this chapter
a woman
- בַּתbathH13235× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אֵתʼêthH8535× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48724× in this chapter
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- צְלׇפְחָדTsᵉlophchâdH67654× in this chapter
Tselophchad, an Israelite
- גָּרַעgâraʻH16393× in this chapter
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
- יוֹסֵףYôwçêphH31303× in this chapter
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
- אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1132× in this chapter
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- גּוֹרָלgôwrâlH14862× in this chapter
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
- דָּבַקdâbaqH16922× in this chapter
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- יָסַףyâçaphH32542× in this chapter
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- יָרַשׁyârashH34232× in this chapter
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֵּןkênH36512× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מְנַשֶּׁהMᵉnashshehH45192× in this chapter
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- סָבַבçâbabH54372× in this chapter
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72182× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- גִּלְעָדGilʻâdH15681× in this chapter
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- דָּבָרdâbârH16971× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- דּוֹדdôwdH17301× in this chapter
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
- זֶהzehH20881× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that