King James Version
Numbers 32:40 in the King James Version says “And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.”
Numbers 32:40 · KJV
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.
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the son”
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
“and he dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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