The Meaning of Numbers 26:56 Explained

Numbers 26:56

KJV: According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

YLT: according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

Darby: according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each, be they many or few in number.

ASV: According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

According  to the lot  shall the possession  thereof be divided  between many  and few. 

What does Numbers 26:56 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 26

1  The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
52  The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
57  The families and number of the Levites
63  None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai

What do the individual words in Numbers 26:56 mean?

According to mouth the lot shall be divided their inheritance between the larger and the smaller -
עַל־ פִּי֙ הַגּוֹרָ֔ל תֵּחָלֵ֖ק נַחֲלָת֑וֹ בֵּ֥ין רַ֖ב לִמְעָֽט ס

עַל־  According  to 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
פִּי֙  mouth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
הַגּוֹרָ֔ל  the  lot 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּורָל  
Sense: lot.
תֵּחָלֵ֖ק  shall  be  divided 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חָלַק 
Sense: to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign.
נַחֲלָת֑וֹ  their  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
בֵּ֥ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
רַ֖ב  the  larger 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
לִמְעָֽט  and  the  smaller 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: מְעַט  
Sense: littleness, few, a little, fewness.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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