Numbers 13:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.”

Numbers 13:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 13:2317 words

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

עַדʿadAs far

נַחַלnaḥalStream

אֶשְׁכֹּלʾešəkōlEshcol

וַיִּכְרְתוּwayiḵərətûAnd cut

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

זְמוֹרָהzəmwōrāhTwig

וְאֶשְׁכּוֹלwəʾešəkwōlAnd bunch of grapes

עֲנָבִיםʿănāvîmGrape

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּwayiśāʾuhûAnd lift

בַמּוֹטvamwōṭIn wavering

בִּשְׁנָיִםbišənāyimIn two

וּמִןûminAnd part

הָרִמֹּנִיםhārimōnîmThe pomegranate

וּמִןûminAnd part

הַתְּאֵנִיםhatəʾēnîmThe fig

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

עַדʿadAs far

נַחַלnaḥalStream

אֶשְׁכֹּלʾešəkōlEshcol

וַיִּכְרְתוּwayiḵərətûAnd cut

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

זְמוֹרָהzəmwōrāhTwig

וְאֶשְׁכּוֹלwəʾešəkwōlAnd bunch of grapes

עֲנָבִיםʿănāvîmGrape

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּwayiśāʾuhûAnd lift

בַמּוֹטvamwōṭIn wavering

בִּשְׁנָיִםbišənāyimIn two

וּמִןûminAnd part

הָרִמֹּנִיםhārimōnîmThe pomegranate

וּמִןûminAnd part

הַתְּאֵנִיםhatəʾēnîmThe fig

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