The Meaning of Numbers 36:11 Explained

Numbers 36:11

KJV: For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:

YLT: and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, daughters of Zelophehad, are to the sons of their fathers' brethren for wives;

Darby: and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their uncles' sons.

ASV: for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers'sons.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For Mahlah,  Tirzah,  and Hoglah,  and Milcah,  and Noah,  the daughters  of Zelophehad,  were married  unto their father's  brothers' sons: 

What does Numbers 36:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 36

1  The inheritance of daughters is remedied by marrying in their own tribes
7  Lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe
10  The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers' sons

What do the individual words in Numbers 36:11 mean?

for were married Mahlah Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad to the sons of their father's brothers were married
וַתִּהְיֶ֜ינָה מַחְלָ֣ה תִרְצָ֗ה וְחָגְלָ֧ה וּמִלְכָּ֛ה וְנֹעָ֖ה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֑ד לִבְנֵ֥י דֹדֵיהֶ֖ן לְנָשִֽׁים

וַתִּהְיֶ֜ינָה  for  were  married 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מַחְלָ֣ה  Mahlah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַחְלָה  
Sense: the eldest of 5 daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh.
תִרְצָ֗ה  Tirzah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּרְצָה 
Sense: one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh.
וְחָגְלָ֧ה  and  Hoglah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָגְלָה  
Sense: 3rd of 5 daughters of Zelophehad, a descendant of Manasseh.
וּמִלְכָּ֛ה  and  Milcah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְכָּה  
Sense: daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham’s brother, to whom she bore 8 children.
וְנֹעָ֖ה  and  Noah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נׄעָה  
Sense: one of the 5 daughters of Zelophehad in the time of the exodus.
בְּנ֣וֹת  the  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
צְלָפְחָ֑ד  of  Zelophehad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צְלָפְחָד  
Sense: a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction.
לִבְנֵ֥י  to  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
דֹדֵיהֶ֖ן  of  their  father's  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: דֹּוד  
Sense: beloved, love, uncle.
לְנָשִֽׁים  were  married 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.

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