King James Version
Numbers 32:42 in the King James Version says “And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.”
Numbers 32:42 · KJV
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
“and took”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the villages”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“thereof and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“after his own name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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