Numbers 13:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.”

Numbers 13:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 13:222 words

שְׁלַחšəlaḥSend

לְךָləḵāTo

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וְיָתֻרוּwəyāturûAnd meander

אֶתʾet—

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֲנִיʾănîI

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

לְמַטֵּהləmaṭēhTo branch

אֲבֹתָיוʾăvōtāywFather

תִּשְׁלָחוּtišəlāḥûSend

כֹּלkōlWhole

נָשִׂיאnāśîʾExalted

בָהֶםvāhemIn

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

Word-by-word meanings

שְׁלַחšəlaḥSend

לְךָləḵāTo

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וְיָתֻרוּwəyāturûAnd meander

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֲנִיʾănîI

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

לְמַטֵּהləmaṭēhTo branch

אֲבֹתָיוʾăvōtāywFather

תִּשְׁלָחוּtišəlāḥûSend

כֹּלkōlWhole

נָשִׂיאnāśîʾExalted

בָהֶםvāhemIn

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