Bible Verse Dictionary
Numbers 27:4 - Why
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Why | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
should the name | H8034 | שֵׁם |
[Noun Masculine] compare H8064); an {appellation} as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication {honor} {authority } character |
of our father | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
be done away | H1639 | גָּרַע |
[Verb] to scrape off; by implication to {shave} remove: lessen or withhold |
from among | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
his family | H4940 | מִשְׁפָּחָה |
[Noun Feminine] a {family} that {is} circle of relatives; figuratively a class (of {persons}) a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people |
because | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
he hath no | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
son | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
Give | H5414 | נָתַן |
[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.) |
unto us therefore a possession | H272 | אֲחֻזָּה |
[Noun Feminine] something {seized} that {is} a possession (especially of land) |
among | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
of our father | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.