The Meaning of Numbers 32:4 Explained

Numbers 32:4

KJV: Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

YLT: the land which Jehovah hath smitten before the company of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'

Darby: the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle;

ASV: the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 32:4?

MEANING: What does Numbers 32:4 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 32:4 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 32:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Even] the country  which the LORD  smote  before  the congregation  of Israel,  [is] a land  for cattle,  and thy servants  have cattle: 

What does Numbers 32:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 32:1-19 - Seeking Inheritance Beyond Jordan
Reuben and Gad were contiguous to each other when the host encamped. They had, therefore, many opportunities for conference, and finally united in asking permission to settle on the east of Jordan, where vast tracks of pasturage were eminently suited to their flocks. They have been held up as types of those whose "much cattle" hinder the realization to the full of the heavenly inheritance. Certainly many professing Christians live on the world's side of the Cross. They have no desire to share in the crucifixion of the self-life, if only they may build sheepcotes and cities and provide for their little ones. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than"¦."
At first Moses was indignant at the request, thinking that they desired to evade the hardships, but their explanation modified his wrath. Be swift to hear, slow to speak! [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 32:4 mean?

the country which defeated Yahweh before the congregation of Israel a land for livestock is and your servants have livestock -
הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִפְנֵי֙ עֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֥רֶץ מִקְנֶ֖ה הִ֑וא וְלַֽעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ מִקְנֶֽה ס

הָאָ֗רֶץ  the  country 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הִכָּ֤ה  defeated 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לִפְנֵי֙  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
עֲדַ֣ת  the  congregation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֵדָה  
Sense: congregation, gathering.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
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.
אֶ֥רֶץ  a  land  for 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
מִקְנֶ֖ה  livestock 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.
וְלַֽעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ  and  your  servants  have 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
מִקְנֶֽה  livestock 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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