ונאחזו בתככם. חלק להם כבוד כי הטעם אם לא יעברו חלוצים תוליכום עמהם בעל כרחם ונאחזו או אם יתנחמו ונאחזו בתוככם ובאת זו המלה כמשפט בעלי היו"ד כי אותיות אהו"י מתחלפים: THEY SHALL HAVE POSSESSIONS AMONG YOU. He gave them respect,40He spoke to them with respect. for the meaning of our verse is, if they41The tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. will not go armed before you, then you shall force them to go with you and they shall have possessions among you.42Our verse says this in a diplomatic way. Or, if they change their minds, then they shall have possessions among you. The word ve-nochazu (they shall have possessions) follows the rules of a root that has a yod as its first letter,43Ve-nochazu is vocalized as if it came from the root yod, chet zayin, when in reality its root is alef, chet, zayin. for the letters alef, heh, vav, and yod interchange.