Numbers 32:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.”

Numbers 32:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 32:920 words

וַיַּעֲלוּwayaʿălûAnd ascend

עַדʿadAs far

נַחַלnaḥalStream

אֶשְׁכּוֹלʾešəkwōlEshcol

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיָּנִיאוּwayānîʾûAnd refuse

אֶתʾet—

לֵבlēvHeart

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of

בֹאvōʾGo

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעֲלוּwayaʿălûAnd ascend

עַדʿadAs far

נַחַלnaḥalStream

אֶשְׁכּוֹלʾešəkwōlEshcol

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיָּנִיאוּwayānîʾûAnd refuse

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לֵבlēvHeart

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of

בֹאvōʾGo

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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