Numbers 32:35

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,

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2 first appearances in the Hebrew Bible

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עַטְרֹ֥ת

ʻAṭrôwth Shôwphân

H5855

“Atroth-shophan”

Noun, Proper

Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears here

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same as H5852 and a name otherwise unused [being from the same as H8226 ] meaning hidden

TWOT: None

Atroth-shophan = "crowns of their rapine" - a town in the territory of Gad

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

6: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is עַטְרֹ֥ת Atroth-shophan H5855 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

These words make their first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

עַטְרֹ֥ת Atroth-shophan H5855
וְיָגְבֳּהָֽה Jogbehah H3011

Grammatical profile

4 nouns
2 particles

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עַטְרֹ֥ת Atroth-shophan H5855 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 6 words from the Hebrew and 9 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 6 Hebrew tokens and 9 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 32:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 32:35 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶת עַטְרֹ֥ת שׁוֹפָ֛ן וְאֶת יַעְזֵ֖ר וְיָגְבֳּהָֽה

and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 32:35 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ σωφαρ καί ὁ ιαζηρ καί ὑψόω αὐτός

and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְיָת עַטְרוֹת שׁוֹפָן וְיָת יַעְזֵר וְרָמָתָא

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְיַת מַכְלְלַת שׁוֹפָנָא וְיַת מַכְוַור גְרָמָתָא

and Maklelath, Shophena, and Mikvar Geramatha,

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 32:35 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, &c.--Jaazer, near a famed fountain, Ain Hazier, the waters of which flow into Wady Schaib, about fifteen miles from Hesbon. Beth-nimrah, now Nimrin; Heshbon, now Hesban; Elealeh (Hebrew, "the high"), now Elaal; Kirjathaim (Hebrew, "the double city"); Nebo, now Neba, near the mountain of that name; Baal-meon, now Myoun, in ruins, where was a temple of Baal (Jos 13:17; Jer 48:23); Shibmah, or Shebam (Num 32:3), near Heshbon, famous for vines (Isa 16:9-10; Jer 48:32).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

John Gill's Exposition

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah. Of these no mention is made elsewhere, except Jaazer, which is the same with Jazer, Num 32:3.

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Numbers 32:36

num 32:36

num 32:36

num 32:36And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities,.... The first of these is the same with Nimrah, Num 32:3, and the other is the same with Betharam, Jos 13:27, it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud (r), Bethramtha, and so by the Syrians, Bethramphta; and to the same place Herod gave the name of Livias or Julias (s): these cities the children of Gad built or repaired for their families:

and folds for sheep; they also built for their cattle, as they promised to do, and Moses enjoined them, Num 32:16.

(r) Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. (s) Vid. Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 643.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Sophan. Some believe that this is the same city with Etroth, and that it took its name from Saphon, the son of Gad, chap. xxvi. 15. --- Jegbaa perhaps the Beon, ver. 3. See Judges viii. 11.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

35. Atroth, Shophan — Modern scholars agree in the opinion that but one place is intended by these two names. The Seventy omit it altogether. It has not yet been identified.

Jaazer — Num_32:1, note. Jogbehah is mentioned again in Jdg_8:11. It is supposed that it was not far from the Jordan, and south of Jebel-Jilad.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Atroth, Shophan. Rather, "Atroth-Shophan," another Ataroth, the site of which is unknown. Jaazer. See on verse 1. Jogbehah. Now perhaps Jebeiha, to the north of Jaazer. (cf. Jud_1:8:11) All these places were only temporarily occupied by the Gadites, and fell to Reuben in the subsequent division.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 6 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻAṭrôwth Shôwphân (“Atroth-shophan”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Atroth-shophan” (ʻAṭrôwth Shôwphân) shape what this verse is saying?
2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
How does Numbers 32:1, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “Atroth-shophan” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Jamieson, Fausset & Brown and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 6 Hebrew ↔ 9 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 5 words in this verse.
“Atroth-shophan” occurs 2× in this single verse.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.