KJV: When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
YLT: In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
Darby: When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
ASV: When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל | When divided their inheritance to |
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: נָחַל Sense: to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess. |
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עֶלְיוֹן֙ | the Most High |
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: עֶלְיׄון Sense: high, upper. |
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גּוֹיִ֔ם | the nations |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: גֹּוי Sense: nation, people. |
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בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ | when He separated |
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: פָּרַד Sense: to separate, divide. |
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בְּנֵ֣י | the sons |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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אָדָ֑ם | of Adam |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind. |
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יַצֵּב֙ | He set |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular Root: הֻצַּב Sense: to stand, take one’s stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish. |
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גְּבֻלֹ֣ת | the boundaries |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: גְּבוּלָה Sense: border, boundary. |
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עַמִּ֔ים | of the peoples |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: עַם Sense: nation, people. |
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לְמִסְפַּ֖ר | According to the number |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִסְפָּר Sense: number, tale. |
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בְּנֵ֥י | of the sons |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | of God |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel. |