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Numbers 13:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:


Numbers 13:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 13:1715 words
וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send
אֹתָםʾōtām
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לָתוּרlātûrTo meander
אֶתʾet
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
עֲלוּʿălûAscend
זֶהzehThis
בַּנֶּגֶבbanegevIn south
וַעֲלִיתֶםwaʿălîtemAnd ascend
אֶתʾet
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לָתוּרlātûrTo meander
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
עֲלוּʿălûAscend
זֶהzehThis
בַּנֶּגֶבbanegevIn south
וַעֲלִיתֶםwaʿălîtemAnd ascend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

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