Then the children
ben (bane)
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.
of Reuben
R'uwben (reh-oo-bane')
see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob -- Reuben.
and the children
ben (bane)
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.
of Gad
Gad (gawd)
Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet -- Gad.
and the half
chetsiy (khay-tsee')
the half or middle -- half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
tribe
shebet (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
of Manasseh
Mnashsheh (men-ash-sheh')
causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Manasseh.
answered
`anah (aw-naw')
to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
and said
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto the heads
ro'sh (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of the thousands
'eleph (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
