?Nachnu Na?avor Chalutzim?. Why did the B'nei Gad and Reuven say ?Anachnu (Malei) Nechaletz Chushim? in Pasuk 27 and ?Nachnu? (Chaser) here?
R. Bachye #1: Because, snce ?Na?avor Chalutzim? denotes self-praise (that they were great warriors), 1 they added ?Nachnu? (Chaser) - a Lashon of humility. 2
R. Bachye #2: Because this is one of eleven Pesukim 3 that deliberately begin with a ?Nun? and end with a ?Nun?. Consequently, it had to omit the ?Alef?.
Oznayim la?Torah: Because ?Nachnu? always implies that something is missing. Consequently, when they thought that all the men would cross to fight, they said "Anachnu", but now that were they told that only the seasoned troops would go, 4 they said "Nachnu". 5
As indeed, the B?nei Gad were known to be. See R. Bachye.
R. Bachye: Like we find by Moshe Rabeinu in Sh?mos 16:8 - ?ve?Nachnu Mah?.
Oznayim la'Torah: In similar vein, when, in Bereishis, 42:11, the brothers were telling Yosef about their family, they said "Kulanu B'nei Ish Echad Nachnu", because Yosef was missing; and Moshe, in his humility, said to the people "ve'Nachnu Mah" - inasmuch as he considered himself incomplete.
Why did the B'nei Gad and Reuven change the conditions that Moshe arranged in Pasuk 30?
Rashi and Seforno (on Pasuk 28): To teach us that they did not accept Moshe's terms - in Pasuk 30 - to own their portion in Eiver ha'Yarden only after the land was captured 1 , but insisted that the land should become theirs retroactively already from now. 2
R. Bachye: With reference to 32:32:1:2 - ?Chalutzim? implies that they (the B?nei Gad) were not afraid to dwell alone in Eiver ha?Yarden
