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מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בֶן־יֹוסֵ֖ף הָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים וַתְּהִי֙ נַחֲלָתָ֔ן עַל־מַטֵּ֖ה מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת אֲבִיהֶֽן׃ Opening the Lineage Numbers 36:12 records an anomaly in ancient Israel: daughters, not sons, receive a tribal inheritance. The verse alludes to the daughters of Tselofḥad, whose legal appeal before Moshe reshaped how property was distributed when male heirs were lacking. But it’s not just the content that’s surprising — the grammar itself shifts to reflect it. Most strikingly, the verse employs a feminine singular verb (וַתְּהִי) with a plural feminine subject (נַחֲלָתָן).… Learn Hebrew