Numbers 32:16
Strong's Lexicon
Then [the Gadites and Reubenites] approached
וַיִּגְּשׁ֤וּ (way·yig·gə·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5066: 1) to draw near, approach 1a) (Qal) to draw or come near 1a1) of humans 1a1a) of sexual intercourse 1a2) of inanimate subject 1a2a) to approach one another 1b) (Niphal) to draw near 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring 1d) (Hophal) to be brought near 1e) (Hithpael) to draw near

[Moses]
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

and said,
וַ֣יֹּאמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“We want to build
נִבְנֶ֥ה (niḇ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

sheepfolds
גִּדְרֹ֥ת (giḏ·rōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1448: 1) wall, hedge 2) sheepfold (construct with 'sheep')

צֹ֛אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

here
פֹּ֑ה (pōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6311: 1) here, from here, hither 1a) here 1b) hither

for our livestock
לְמִקְנֵ֖נוּ (lə·miq·nê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4735: 1) cattle, livestock 1a) cattle, livestock 1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal 1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks)

and cities
וְעָרִ֖ים (wə·‘ā·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town

for our little ones.
לְטַפֵּֽנוּ׃ (lə·ṭap·pê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2945: 1) children, little children, little ones

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

Young's Literal Translation
And they come nigh unto him, and say, ‘Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they approached him and said, “ We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.

New American Standard Bible
Then they came near to him and said, "We will build here sheepfolds for our livestock and cities for our little ones;

King James Bible
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Then they came up to him and said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.

New Living Translation
But they approached Moses and said, "We simply want to build pens for our livestock and fortified towns for our wives and children.

English Standard Version
Then they came near to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,

New American Standard Bible
Then they came near to him and said, "We will build here sheepfolds for our livestock and cities for our little ones;

King James Bible
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they approached him and said, "We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.

International Standard Version
Then they approached him and said, "Here's where we're going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families,

NET Bible
Then they came very close to him and said, "We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

American Standard Version
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

English Revised Version
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Young's Literal Translation
And they come nigh unto him, and say, 'Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;
















Cross References
Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Numbers 32:15
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Numbers 32:17
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 32:14
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

Numbers 32:13
And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

Numbers 32:18
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Numbers 32:19
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
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