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Numbers 34:18

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

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וְנָשִׂ֥יאvenasiand captainנָשִׂיאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and captain”, the ordinary formH5387properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mistcaptain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.אֶחָ֛דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,נָשִׂ֥יאnasicaptainנָשִׂיאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “captain”, the ordinary formH5387properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mistcaptain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.אֶחָ֖דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,מִמַּטֶּ֑הmimatehfrom rodמַטֶּהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from rod”, the ordinary formH4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)rod, staff, tribe.תִּקְח֖וּtiqchvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “take”, an unfinished actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.לִנְחֹ֥לlincholto inheritנָחַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to inherit”, the to-form of the verbH5157to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instatedivide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to take possession of the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

Young’s Literal Translation

and one prince — one prince — for a tribe ye do take to give the land by inheritance.

World English Bible

You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

Darby Translation

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land.

Douay-Rheims

And one prince of every tribe,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to take possession of the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall take one ruler from each tribe to divide the land to you by lot.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἄρχοντα ἕνα ἐκ φυλῆς λήψεσθε κατακληρονομῆσαι ὑμῖν τὴν γῆν.