King James Version
Numbers 32:39 in the King James Version says “And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.”
Numbers 32:39 · KJV
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. gave: Heb. they called by names the names of the cities
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
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“And the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“And the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“to Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
“and took”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
“it and dispossessed”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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