| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with immo {עִמּוֹ | ʿim-mô} ‘with him’, linking the Reubenites and the Gadites to the preceding inheritance of Manasseh. Definite articles in hareaʾuveni {הָרְאוּבֵנִי | hā-rə-’û-ḇē-nî} and vehagadi {וְהַגָּדִי | wə-hā-ḡā-dî} mark the tribal designations. The Qal perfect laqachu {לָקְחוּ | lā-qa-ḥû} indicates completed acquisition, with nakhalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-ṯām} as a construct noun of possession. The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} introduces a defining clause. The locative be’ever hayarden mizrakha {בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּرְדֵּן מִזְרָחָה | bə-‘ê-ḇer ha-yyar-dēn miz-rā-ḥā} specifies territory east of the Jordan. The parallel syntax of ka’asher natan lahem Moshe underscores Moses’s distribution role. The title eved Yahweh {עֶבֶד יְהוָה | ’e-ved yə-hō-wāh} highlights Moses’s covenantal service. English mirrors the Hebrew’s tripartite structure—linking phrase, main verb with possession, and parallel relative clause—while clarifying tribal inheritance. |