Numbers 32:42
in Numbers 32And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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ASV
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
KJV
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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This verse in Numbers 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Kenath - Now Kenawat, an important site near the southern extremity of the tract el-Lejah, and on the western slopes of the mountains of the Hauran. The name given to it by its conqueror, as in other cases, fell ere long into disuse, and the old name has held its ground to this day. The notices, both Scriptural and traditional, of the conquest of northeastern Gilead and Bashan by the Machirites, plainly intimate that it was effected by a few chiefs of great military prowess, who overran rapidly a far larger district than they could colonize.
This site's exposition
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh
on Numbers 32:39-42
The chapter closes with three men who take ground and put a name on it, Machir, Jair and Nobah. The towns of Jair are the Havoth-jair of Deuteronomy 3:14, and Nobah puts his own name on Kenath, which Albert Barnes notes fell out of use so completely that the older name holds the site today. The tribes that settled first, and settled outside the borders drawn in Numbers 34, are the tribes carried away first, which 2 Kings 15:29 and 1 Chronicles 5:26 record.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Nobah - Who, though not else where named, was doubtless an eminent person of the tribe of Manasseh. 'Tis observable, that these tribes, as they were placed before the other tribes, so they were displaced before them.
Jazer - A city and country of the Amorites; Gilead - A mountainous country, famous for pasturage 6. Ye sit here - In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in a bloody war.
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof,....
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֹ֣בַח | venoach | and Nobah | H5025 → | |
| הָלַ֔ךְ | halakh | he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד | vaiyilkod | and he captured | H3920 → | 121 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קְנָ֖ת | kenat | Kenath | H7079 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָ | benoteiha | daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֧א | vaiyikra' | and he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לָ֦ה | lah | <to> <the> it | ||
| נֹ֖בַח | noach | Nobah | H5025 → | |
| בִּשְׁמֽוֹ׃ פ | bishmo | by own name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
וְנֹ֣בַחand Nobah
venoachH5025 →
הָלַ֔ךְhe went
halakhH1980 →1546 times
וַיִּלְכֹּ֥דand he captured
vaiyilkodH3920 →121 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קְנָ֖תKenath
kenatH7079 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָdaughters its
benoteihaH1323 →588 times
וַיִּקְרָ֧אand he called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
לָ֦ה<to> <the> it
lah
נֹ֖בַחNobah
noachH5025 →
בִּשְׁמֽוֹ׃ פby own name his
bishmoH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
it leads to
- Genesis 4:17
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- Psalms 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalms 64:6
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the…
- Psalms 10:6
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
- Genesis 4:17
Through
2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the…
it leads to
- Genesis 14:17
After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
- 1 Samuel 15:12
Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone…
- Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Genesis 14:17
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.