What Does Numbers 36:6 Mean?

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“This is the thing”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“doth command”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“which the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“concerning the daughters”

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

“of Zelophehad”

tselophchad, an israelite

“saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

“best”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“to whom they think”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“Let them marry”

a woman

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

“only to the family”

a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people

“of the tribe”

a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),

“of their father”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“Let them marry”

a woman