The Meaning of Numbers 36:4 Explained

Numbers 36:4

KJV: And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

YLT: and if it is the jubilee of the sons of Israel, then hath their inheritance been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers is their inheritance withdrawn.'

Darby: And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall come, then shall their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong; and their inheritance shall be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

ASV: And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the jubile  of the children  of Israel  shall be, then shall their inheritance  be put  unto the inheritance  of the tribe  whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance  be taken away  from the inheritance  of the tribe  of our fathers. 

What does Numbers 36:4 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 36:4 mean?

And when comes the Jubilee of the sons of Israel then will be added their inheritance to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry to so from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers will be taken away their inheritance
וְאִם־ יִהְיֶ֣ה הַיֹּבֵל֮ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְנֽוֹסְפָה֙ נַחֲלָתָ֔ן עַ֚ל נַחֲלַ֣ת הַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּהְיֶ֖ינָה לָהֶ֑ם וּמִֽנַּחֲלַת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ יִגָּרַ֖ע נַחֲלָתָֽן

וְאִם־  And  when 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
יִהְיֶ֣ה  comes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַיֹּבֵל֮  the  Jubilee 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄובֵל  
Sense: ram, ram’s horn, trumpet, cornet.
לִבְנֵ֣י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וְנֽוֹסְפָה֙  then  will  be  added 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
נַחֲלָתָ֔ן  their  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
נַחֲלַ֣ת  the  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
הַמַּטֶּ֔ה  of  the  tribe 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  into  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
תִּהְיֶ֖ינָה  they  marry 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
וּמִֽנַּחֲלַת֙  so  from  the  inheritance 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
מַטֵּ֣ה  of  the  tribe 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ  of  our  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
יִגָּרַ֖ע  will  be  taken  away 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּרַע 
Sense: to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip.
נַחֲלָתָֽן  their  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.

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