Deuteronomy 1:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.”

Deuteronomy 1:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 1:2224 words

וַתִּקְרְבוּןwatiqərəvûnAnd approach

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

כֻּלְּכֶםkuləḵemWhole

וַתֹּאמְרוּwatōʾmərûAnd say

נִשְׁלְחָהnišələḥāhSend

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

לְפָנֵינוּləp̄ānênûTo face

וְיַחְפְּרוּwəyaḥəpərûAnd pry into

לָנוּlānûTo

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וְיָשִׁבוּwəyāšivûAnd turn

אֹתָנוּʾōtānû—

דָּבָרdāvārWord

אֶתʾet—

הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נַעֲלֶהnaʿălehAscend

בָּהּbāhIn

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָבֹאnāvōʾGo

אֲלֵיהֶןʾălêhenNear

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּקְרְבוּןwatiqərəvûnAnd approach

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

כֻּלְּכֶםkuləḵemWhole

וַתֹּאמְרוּwatōʾmərûAnd say

נִשְׁלְחָהnišələḥāhSend

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

לְפָנֵינוּləp̄ānênûTo face

וְיַחְפְּרוּwəyaḥəpərûAnd pry into

לָנוּlānûTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וְיָשִׁבוּwəyāšivûAnd turn

אֹתָנוּʾōtānûdirect object marker (no translation)

דָּבָרdāvārWord

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נַעֲלֶהnaʿălehAscend

בָּהּbāhIn

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָבֹאnāvōʾGo

אֲלֵיהֶןʾălêhenNear

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