Numbers 27:4
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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.Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
In other translations
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.Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
Hebrew words
לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100יִגָּרַעyigara'will it be withdrawnH1639שֵׁם־shem-[the] name ofH8034אָבִינוּ'avinufather ourH1מִתּוֹךְmitokhfrom amongH8432מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹmishpachtoclan hisH4940כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einnotH369לוֹlo[belonged] to <the> himבֵּןbena sonH1121תְּנָה־tenah-give !H5414לָּנוּlanuto <the> usאֲחֻזָּה'achuzaha possessionH272בְּתוֹךְbetokhin amongH8432אֲחֵי'achei[the] brothers ofH251אָבִינוּ׃'avinufather ourH1
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Related verses
- Joshua 17:4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
- Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
- Psalm 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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