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Numbers 13:32 — King James Version← Study notes

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.


Numbers 13:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 13:3227 words
וַיּוֹצִיאוּwaywōṣîʾûAnd go
דִּבַּתdibatSlander
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תָּרוּtārûMeander
אֹתָהּʾōtāh
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבַרְנוּʿāvarənûCross
בָהּvāhIn
לָתוּרlātûrTo meander
אֹתָהּʾōtāh
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֹכֶלֶתʾōḵeletEat
יוֹשְׁבֶיהָywōšəveyhāSit
הִואhiwʾHe
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee
בְתוֹכָהּvətwōḵāhIn bisection
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
מִדּוֹתmidwōtExtension
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיּוֹצִיאוּwaywōṣîʾûAnd go
דִּבַּתdibatSlander
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תָּרוּtārûMeander
אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבַרְנוּʿāvarənûCross
בָהּvāhIn
לָתוּרlātûrTo meander
אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֹכֶלֶתʾōḵeletEat
יוֹשְׁבֶיהָywōšəveyhāSit
הִואhiwʾHe
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee
בְתוֹכָהּvətwōḵāhIn bisection
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
מִדּוֹתmidwōtExtension

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