Then all of youכֻּלְּכֶםcame nearוַתִּקְרְבוּןto meאֵלַיand said,וַתֹּאמְרוּ“Let us sendנִשְׁלְחָהmenאֲנָשִׁיםahead of us,לְפָנֵינוּthat they may search outוְיַחְפְּרוּthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץfor usלָנוּand bring backוְיָשִׁבוּwordדָּבָרto usאֹתָנוּabout the wayאֶת הַדֶּרֶךְby whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּwe should go upנַעֲלֶהand the citiesוְאֵת הֶעָרִיםto whichאֲשֶׁר אֲלֵיהֶןwe will come.”נָבֹא
Deuteronomy 1:22
Study it in the app“Then all of you came near to me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us, that they may search out the land for us and bring back word to us about the way by which we should go up and the cities to which we will come.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:22, word by word
- came nearתִּקְרְבוּtikrvu
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “tikrvu” appears- and saidתֹּאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- “Let us sendנִשְׁלְחָהnishlcha
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “nishlcha” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- ahead of usפָנֵיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- that they may search outיַחְפְּרוּyachpru
search out
To go through a land to learn it before entering.
Where else “yachpru” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and bring backיָשִׁבוּyashivu
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashivu” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- about the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- we should go upנַעֲלֶהnaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naale” appears- and the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- we will comeנָבֹאnavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “navo” appears
The context
21See, YHWH your Elohim has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
22 · This verse (above)
23The thing was good in my eyes, and I took twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.