לָלֶ֜כֶת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָלֶ֜כֶת

   la-le-KHET

   to go
2. clause🔊 לָלֶ֜כֶת אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֗ד אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ אֲחֻזָּתָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֹֽאחֲזוּ־בָ֔הּ עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

   la-le-KHET el-E-retz hag-gil-AD el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh

   to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession which they had taken possession of it according to the word LORD by the hand of Moses
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַיֵּלְכ֡וּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֨ן וּבְנֵי־גָ֜ד וַחֲצִ֣י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֗ה מֵאֵת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִשִּׁלֹ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֑עַן לָלֶ֜כֶת אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֗ד אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ אֲחֻזָּתָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֹֽאחֲזוּ־בָ֔הּ עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

   va-ya-SHU-vu va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH me-ET be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-shi-LO a-SHER be-E-retz-ke-na-AN la-le-KHET el-E-retz hag-gil-AD el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh

   and they returned and went the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh from the sons of Israel from Shiloh which in the land of Canaan to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession which they had taken possession of it according to the word LORD by the hand of Moses

Exegesis

The purpose infinitive lāleḵeṯ {לָלֶכֶת | lāleḵeṯ} ‘to go’ with the directional phrase ʾel-ʾereṣ ha-gilʿād expresses intended destination. Construct-state noun ʾăḥuzzātām defines inherited territory, further detailed by the Nifal perfect in nōḥăzû-bāh ‘which they had taken possession of’. The ground formula ʿal-pî YHWH with agency marker bə-yaḏ-Mōšeh asserts divine authority executed through Moses.