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Numbers 34— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 34. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 43 of 54

מַסְעֵי Masei, Numbers 33:1 to 36:13

Read with it: Jeremiah 2:4 to 2:28 and 3:4 in Ashkenazi use, and Jeremiah 2:4 to 2:28 and 4:1 to 4:2 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Numbers 34:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

צַ֞וtzavcommandH6680אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853בְּנֵ֤יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsraelH3478וְאָמַרְתָּ֣veamartaand you will sayH559אֲלֵהֶ֔םʾalehemto themH413כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588אַתֶּ֥םʾatemyouH859בָּאִ֖יםbaim[are] about to goH935אֶל־ʾel-intoH413הָאָ֣רֶץhaaretzthe landH776כְּנָ֑עַןkenaanCanaanH3667זֹ֣אתzotthisH2063הָאָ֗רֶץhaaretz[is] the landH776אֲשֶׁ֨רʾasherwhichH834תִּפֹּ֤לtipolit will fallH5307לָכֶם֙lakhemto <the> youבְּֽנַחֲלָ֔הbenachalah<in> an inheritanceH5159אֶ֥רֶץʾeretz[the] land ofH776כְּנַ֖עַןkenaanCanaanH3667לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ligvuloteihato borders itsH1367

Ramban on Numbers 34:2

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
“This is like [the expression]: and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, 50 II Chronicles:8. See above in Seder Beha’alothcha, Note, for the grammatical reason why the verse requires the additional expression “a prophecy” after the initial words and a prophecy.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Numbers 34:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶ֥םvehitavitemand you will markH184לָכֶ֖םlakhemfor <the> yourselvesלִגְב֣וּלligvulfor [the] border ofH1366קֵ֑דְמָהkedemaheast -wardH6924מֵחֲצַ֥רmechatzarfrom HazarH2704עֵינָ֖ןʾeinanEnanH2704שְׁפָֽמָה׃shefamahShepham towardsH8221

Onkelos Numbers 34:10

Targum
You shall turn yourselves toward the eastern border from Chatzar Einan to Shefam.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

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