| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 36:3:1 ⧉וְ֠הָיוּvehayubut if they become Numbers 36:3:2 ⧉לְאֶחָ֞דleekhadto one Numbers 36:3:3 ⧉מִבְּנֵ֨יmibnefrom the sons Numbers 36:3:4 ⧉שִׁבְטֵ֥יshivteiof the tribes Numbers 36:3:5 ⧉בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮veneiyisraelof the children of Israel Numbers 36:3:6 ⧉לְנָשִׁים֒lenashimas wives Numbers 36:3:7 ⧉וְנִגְרְעָ֤הvenigreahthen will be diminished Numbers 36:3:8 ⧉נַחֲלָתָן֙nachalatantheir inheritance Numbers 36:3:9 ⧉מִנַּחֲלַ֣תminachalatfrom the inheritance Numbers 36:3:10 ⧉אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּavoteinuof our fathers Numbers 36:3:11 ⧉וְנוֹסַ֕ףvenosafand will be added Numbers 36:3:12 ⧉עַ֚לalto Numbers 36:3:13 ⧉נַחֲלַ֣תnachalatthe inheritance Numbers 36:3:14 ⧉הַמַּטֶּ֔הhamatehof the tribe Numbers 36:3:15 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich Numbers 36:3:16 ⧉תִּהְיֶ֖ינָהtihyeinathey may belong Numbers 36:3:17 ⧉לָהֶ֑םlahemto them Numbers 36:3:18 ⧉וּמִגֹּרַ֥לumiggoraland from the lot Numbers 36:3:19 ⧉נַחֲלָתֵ֖נוּnachalateinuof our inheritance Numbers 36:3:20 ⧉יִגָּרֵֽעַ׃yiggareait will be diminished |
| 3. Formal Translation And if they marry into another tribe of Israel, their inheritance will be taken from our fathers’ inheritance and added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong, thereby diminishing our inheritance. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation If they marry into another Israelite tribe, their inheritance will be removed from our ancestral lands and transferred to the tribe they join, causing our inheritance to shrink. |