Numbers 26:55
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.”
מַטֶּה
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
נָחַל
they will inherit
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נָחַל
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
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חָלַק
it will be divided
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חָלַק
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
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