The Meaning of Numbers 26:53 Explained

Numbers 26:53

KJV: Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

YLT: 'To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names;

Darby: Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names;

ASV: Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Unto these the land  shall be divided  for an inheritance  according to the number  of names. 

What does Numbers 26:53 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 26

1  The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
52  The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
57  The families and number of the Levites
63  None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai

What do the individual words in Numbers 26:53 mean?

to these shall be divided the land as an inheritance according to the number of names
לָאֵ֗לֶּה תֵּחָלֵ֥ק הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר שֵׁמֽוֹת

לָאֵ֗לֶּה  to  these 
Parse: Preposition-l, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
תֵּחָלֵ֥ק  shall  be  divided 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חָלַק 
Sense: to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign.
הָאָ֛רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה  as  an  inheritance 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר  according  to  the  number 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
שֵׁמֽוֹת  of  names 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.