Numbers 27:4 Go deeper
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Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. (KJV)
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לָ֣מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 1
יִגָּרַ֤עyi.ga.Ra'will it be withdrawn
Lemma: גָּרַע (ga.ra) · Strong's: H1639
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to dimish
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:11, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 21:10, Leviticus 27:18, Numbers 9:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1639; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 2
שֵׁם\־shem-[the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 3
אָבִ֙ינוּ֙'a.Vi.nufather our
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 4
מִתּ֣וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom among
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 5
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹmish.pach.Toclan his
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) · Strong's: H4940
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: family
Used 302 times. Also: Genesis 8:19, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4940; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 6
כִּ֛יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 7
אֵ֥ין'einnot
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 8
בֵּ֑ןBena son
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 9
תְּנָה\־te.nah-give !
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 10
אֲחֻזָּ֔ה'a.chu.Zaha possession
Lemma: אֲחֻזָּה (a.chuz.zah) · Strong's: H0272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: possession
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 17:8, Genesis 23:4, Genesis 23:9, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 36:43, Genesis 47:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0272; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 11
בְּת֖וֹךְbe.Tokhin among
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 12
אֲחֵ֥י'a.Chei[the] brothers of
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 13
אָבִֽינוּ\׃'a.Vi.nufather our
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Numbers 27:4 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| should the name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| of our father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| disappear | → | גָּרַע H1639 to dimish |
| from | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
| his clan | → | מִשְׁפָּחָה H4940 family |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he had no | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| Give | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| us | → | |
| property | → | אֲחֻזָּה H0272 possession |
| among | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
| our father’s | → | אָב H0001G father |
| brothers | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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