The Meaning of Numbers 27:4 Explained

Numbers 27:4

KJV: 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.

YLT: why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;'

Darby: Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he has no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.

ASV: Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Numbers 27:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 27:1-23 - Joshua Appointed Moses' Successor
Up to the last Moses was faithful as a servant to Him that had appointed him in all his house, Hebrews 3:2. Notice that he did not attempt to legislate for these young girls, who pleaded for a possession in their father's right; but he brought their case before God. It was ever "as the Lord commanded Moses," Numbers 27:11; Numbers 22:1-41. And when he was bidden to ascend the mountain and die his main anxiety was to secure a successor to shepherd the people. Notice that expressive phrase, "the God of the spirits of all flesh!" See Hebrews 12:9.
The great Lawgiver may bring the people to the borders of the land of rest, but there he must resign his charge. The law, with its demands for an obedience which we cannot give, cannot bring the soul to rest. That is the prerogative of Joshua-Jesus, Hebrews 4:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 27

1  The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an inheritance
6  The law of inheritances
12  Moses, being told of his death, asks for a successor
18  Joshua is appointed to succeed him

What do the individual words in Numbers 27:4 mean?

Why should be removed the name of our father from among his family because no he had son Give us a possession among brothers of our father
לָ֣מָּה יִגָּרַ֤ע שֵׁם־ אָבִ֙ינוּ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ ؟ בֵּ֑ן תְּנָה־ לָּ֣נוּ אֲחֻזָּ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֵ֥י אָבִֽינוּ

לָ֣מָּה  Why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
יִגָּרַ֤ע  should  be  removed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּרַע 
Sense: to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip.
שֵׁם־  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
אָבִ֙ינוּ֙  of  our  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
מִתּ֣וֹךְ  from  among 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ  his  family 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
כִּ֛י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֵ֥ין  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
ל֖וֹ  he  had 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
؟ בֵּ֑ן  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
תְּנָה־  Give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָּ֣נוּ  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
אֲחֻזָּ֔ה  a  possession 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
אֲחֵ֥י  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
אָבִֽינוּ  of  our  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.

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