Numbers 27:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

Young's Literal Translation
why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;’

King James Bible
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us [therefore] a possession among the brethren of our father.

Hebrew
Why
לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should the name
שֵׁם־ (šêm-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of our father
אָבִ֙ינוּ֙ (’ā·ḇî·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

disappear
יִגָּרַ֤ע (yig·gā·ra‘)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

from
מִתּ֣וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

his clan
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ (miš·paḥ·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he had no
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

sons?
בֵּ֑ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

Give
תְּנָה־ (tə·nāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

us property
אֲחֻזָּ֔ה (’ă·ḥuz·zāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 272: Something seized, a possession

among
בְּת֖וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

our father’s
אָבִֽינוּ׃ (’ā·ḇî·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

brothers.”
אֲחֵ֥י (’ă·ḥê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 251: A brother, )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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