The Meaning of Numbers 32:37 Explained

Numbers 32:37

KJV: And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

YLT: And the sons of Reuben have build Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

Darby: And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Kirjathaim,

ASV: And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the children  of Reuben  built  Heshbon,  and Elealeh,  and Kirjathaim, 

What does Numbers 32:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 32:20-42 - Warning Against Forsaking Their Brethren
These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did those on the other side of Jordan. They were far from the center of religious life, first at Shiloh and then at Jerusalem. On them first the tide of invasion broke, sweeping them and their cattle into captivity.
In Deborah's great song Reuben is rebuked for sitting "among the sheepfolds to hear the pipings for the flocks," instead of coming to the help of the Lord against the mighty. The Brahmins say that the holy man dies to every other sin earlier and easier than to the love of money. Their cattle kept these tribes on the wrong side of the river of separation! Let us beware of the cares of this world, if we are poor, and of the deceitfulness of riches, if we are rich. Better lose all than the soul. See Matthew 16:26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 32

1  The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan
6  Moses reproves them
16  They offer him conditions with which he is content
33  Moses assigns them the land
39  They conquer it

What do the individual words in Numbers 32:37 mean?

And the sons of Reuben built - Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim
וּבְנֵ֤י רְאוּבֵן֙ בָּנ֔וּ אֶת־ חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־ אֶלְעָלֵ֑א וְאֵ֖ת קִרְיָתָֽיִם

וּבְנֵ֤י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
רְאוּבֵן֙  of  Reuben 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְאוּבֵן  
Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Leah.
בָּנ֔וּ  built 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן  Heshbon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶשְׁבֹּון  
Sense: the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad.
אֶלְעָלֵ֑א  Elealeh 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶלְעָלֵא 
Sense: a Reubenite village near Heshbon (in ruins).
קִרְיָתָֽיִם  Kiriathaim 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִרְיָתַיִם  
Sense: a city east of the Jordan in Moab.

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