Numbers 34:14

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Numbers 34:14 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenites according to the house of their fathers and the tribe of the sons of the Gadites according to the house of their fathers have taken, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh has taken their inheritance.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, have received, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers housholdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of Manasses,
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    for the tribe of the sons of Reuben, by the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers, have received [their inheritance]; and [those of] the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    The tribe of the descendants of Reuben, following the assignment of property to their ancestor's tribe, and the tribe of the descendants of Gad, following the assignment of property to their ancestor's tribe, and the half tribe of Manasseh have all received their land.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenites according to the house of their fathers and the tribe of the sons of the Gadites according to the house of their fathers have taken, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh has taken their inheritance.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of the Gadites according to their fathers' houses, have received, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The tribes of Reuben and Gad, together with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their allocation.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance;

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הַגָּדִ֖י
Gâdîy
H1425
“the · Gadite”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Gentilic
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: patronymically from H1410

TWOT: None

Gadite = "an invader: a troop: fortune" - one of the tribe descended from Gad
  1. כִּ֣י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  2. לָקְח֞וּ lâqach H3947 “to take” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  3. מַטֵּ֨ה maṭṭeh H4294 “staff of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  4. בְנֵ֤י bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  5. הָראוּבֵנִי֙ Rᵉʼûwbênîy H7206 “the · Reubenite” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  6. לְבֵ֣ית bayith H1004 “to/for · house of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  7. אֲבֹתָ֔ם ʼâb H1 “fathers · their” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  8. וּמַטֵּ֥ה maṭṭeh H4294 “and · staff of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  9. בְנֵֽי bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  10. לְבֵ֣ית bayith H1004 “to/for · house of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  11. אֲבֹתָ֑ם ʼâb H1 “fathers · their” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  12. וַחֲצִי֙ chêtsîy H2677 “and · half of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. מַטֵּ֣ה maṭṭeh H4294 “staff of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  14. מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה Mᵉnashsheh H4519 “Manasseh” Noun, Proper
  15. לָקְח֖וּ lâqach H3947 “to take” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  16. נַחֲלָתָֽם nachălâh H5159 “inheritance · their” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural

About this verse

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17
words
11
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַגָּדִ֖י Gadite H1425 — appearing just 16 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • הַגָּדִ֖י Gadite H1425

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַגָּדִ֖י Gadite H1425 occurs in 16 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 14 nouns
  • 1 conjunction

Verb forms

  • לָקְח֞וּ Qal · Perfect
  • לָקְח֖וּ Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • מַטֵּ֨ה staff H4294 ×3
  • לָקְח֞וּ to take H3947 ×2
  • בְנֵ֤י son H1121 ×2
  • לְבֵ֣ית house H1004 ×2
  • אֲבֹתָ֔ם father H1 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 37 words from the Hebrew and 33 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 17 Hebrew tokens and 22 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

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Topical passages linked to Numbers 34:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Numbers 32:33 Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
  • Numbers 32:23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
  • Deuteronomy 3:12–17 This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities of it, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
  • Joshua 13:8–12 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:
  • Joshua 14:2–3 by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 34:14 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

כִּ֣י לָקְח֞וּ מַטֵּ֨ה בְנֵ֤י הָראוּבֵנִי֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם וּמַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי הַגָּדִ֖י לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם וַחֲצִי֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה לָקְח֖וּ נַחֲלָתָֽם

for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

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Greek LXX Numbers 34:14 Septuagint · lemma form

ὅτι λαμβάνω φυλή υἱός ρουβην καί φυλή υἱός γαδ κατά οἶκος πατριά αὐτός καί ὁ ἥμισυς φυλή μανασσή ἀπολαμβάνω ὁ κλῆρος αὐτός

For the tribe of the children of Ruben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received their inheritance according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasse have received their inheritances.

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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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    אֲרֵי קַבִּילוּ שִׁבְטָא דִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן וְשִׁבְטָא דִבְנֵי גָד לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן וּפַלְגוּת שִׁבְטָא דִמְנַשֶׁה קַבִּילוּ אַחֲסַנְתְּהוֹן

    (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.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    אֲרוּם קַבִּילוּ שִׁבְטָא דִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן וְשִׁבְטָא דִבְנֵי גָד לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן וּפַלְגוּת שִׁבְטָא דִמְנַשֶׁה קַבִּילוּ יַת אַחְסַנְתְּהוֹן

    For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers, and tribe of Gad, and the half tribe of Menasheh have received their inheritance __

    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 34:14 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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John Gill's Exposition

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers,.... That tribe, and all the families belonging to it:

have received their inheritance, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; that is, it was agreed they should have it on condition of their going along with the other tribes over Jordan into the land of Canaan, and assist them in the conquest of it, Num 32:1.

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Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 17 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Gâdîy (“Gadite”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Gadite” (Gâdîy) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. The word “Gadite” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
  3. Deuteronomy 3:12 shares the word «Gadite» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  4. “staff” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  5. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  6. The verb «לָקְח֞וּ» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?

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