The Meaning of Numbers 32:32 Explained

Numbers 32:32

KJV: We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

YLT: we -- we pass over armed before Jehovah to the land of Canaan, and with us is the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.'

Darby: We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance on this side the Jordan shall be ours.

ASV: We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance'shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

We will  pass over  armed  before  the LORD  into the land  of Canaan,  that the possession  of our inheritance  on this side  Jordan  [may be] ours. 

What does Numbers 32:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 32:20-42 - Warning Against Forsaking Their Brethren
These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did those on the other side of Jordan. They were far from the center of religious life, first at Shiloh and then at Jerusalem. On them first the tide of invasion broke, sweeping them and their cattle into captivity.
In Deborah's great song Reuben is rebuked for sitting "among the sheepfolds to hear the pipings for the flocks," instead of coming to the help of the Lord against the mighty. The Brahmins say that the holy man dies to every other sin earlier and easier than to the love of money. Their cattle kept these tribes on the wrong side of the river of separation! Let us beware of the cares of this world, if we are poor, and of the deceitfulness of riches, if we are rich. Better lose all than the soul. See Matthew 16:26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 32

1  The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan
6  Moses reproves them
16  They offer him conditions with which he is content
33  Moses assigns them the land
39  They conquer it

What do the individual words in Numbers 32:32 mean?

We will cross over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan but [shall remain] with us the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan
נַ֣חְנוּ נַעֲבֹ֧ר חֲלוּצִ֛ים לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְאִתָּ֙נוּ֙ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת נַחֲלָתֵ֔נוּ מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן

נַעֲבֹ֧ר  will  cross  over 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
חֲלוּצִ֛ים  armed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: חָלַץ 
Sense: to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֶ֣רֶץ  into  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
כְּנָ֑עַן  of  Canaan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּנַעַן 
Sense: the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine.
וְאִתָּ֙נוּ֙  but  [shall  remain]  with  us 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, first person common plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
אֲחֻזַּ֣ת  the  possession  of 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
נַחֲלָתֵ֔נוּ  our  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
מֵעֵ֖בֶר  on  this  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵבֶר  
Sense: region beyond or across, side.
לַיַּרְדֵּֽן  of  the  Jordan 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַרְדֵּן  
Sense: the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km).

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