נַחֲלָתָ֖ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נַחֲלָתָ֖ם

   na-cha-la-TAM

   of their inheritance
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 גְּב֥וּל נַחֲלָתָ֖ם

   ge-VUL na-cha-la-TAM

   the border of their inheritance
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֛י גְּב֥וּל נַחֲלָתָ֖ם עַד־שָׂרִֽיד׃

   va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-cha-la-TAM ad-sa-REED

   and was the border of their inheritance as far as Sarid
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֙עַל֙ הַגּוֹרָ֣ל הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י לִבְנֵ֥י זְבוּלֻ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם וַיְהִ֛י גְּב֥וּל נַחֲלָתָ֖ם עַד־שָׂרִֽיד׃

   va-ya-AL ha-go-RAL hash-lee-SHI liv-NEI ze-vu-LUN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-cha-la-TAM ad-sa-REED

   then went up the lot the third to the children of Zebulun according to their clans and was the border of their inheritance as far as Sarid

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayyehî} ‘and it was’ introduces the result clause, where gevul {גְּבוּל | gə-vūl} ‘boundary’ and its construct nachalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-tām} ‘of their inheritance’ define the scope of the land, concluding with the compound ad-sarid {עַד־שָׂרִיד | ʿad-sā-rîḏ} ‘as far as Sarid’ unified by the maqaf. English word order adjusts Hebrew verb–subject–indirect-object patterns for clarity while preserving emphasis on tribal allocation and geographic limits.

Root and etymology

n-ḥ-l🔊 נ־ח־לn-ḥ-l

“stream, wadi”

• 🔊 נַחֲלָהnachalahinheritance, stream bedJoshua 19:9