| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 36:1:1 ⧉וַֽיִקְרְב֞וּvayikrevuand approached Numbers 36:1:2 ⧉רָאשֵׁ֣יrasheileaders of Numbers 36:1:3 ⧉הָֽאָב֗וֹתhaavotthe fathers Numbers 36:1:4 ⧉לְמִשְׁפַּ֤חַתlemishpakhatof the clan Numbers 36:1:5 ⧉בְּנֵֽי־גִלְעָד֙beneigiladof the sons of Gilead Numbers 36:1:6 ⧉בֶּן־מָכִ֣ירbenmakhirson of Machir Numbers 36:1:7 ⧉בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔הbenmenashehson of Manasseh Numbers 36:1:8 ⧉מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֖תmimishpekhotfrom the clans Numbers 36:1:9 ⧉בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֑ףbeneiyosefof the sons of Joseph Numbers 36:1:10 ⧉וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּvayedabruand they spoke Numbers 36:1:11 ⧉לִפְנֵ֤יlifneibefore Numbers 36:1:12 ⧉מֹשֶׁה֙moshehMoses Numbers 36:1:13 ⧉וְלִפְנֵ֣יvelifneiand before Numbers 36:1:14 ⧉הַנְּשִׂאִ֔יםhannesiimthe chiefs Numbers 36:1:15 ⧉רָאשֵׁ֥יrasheileaders of Numbers 36:1:16 ⧉אָב֖וֹתavotfathers Numbers 36:1:17 ⧉לִבְנֵ֥יlivneiof the sons Numbers 36:1:18 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yisraelof Israel |
| 1. Formal Translation Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the clan of the sons of Gilead, the son of Makhir, the son of Manasseh, from the clans of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the sons of Israel. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation The leading fathers from the clan of Gilead’s descendants—descendants of Makhir and Manasseh, among the clans of Joseph—came and spoke to Moses and to the leaders, the family heads of all Israel. |