Deuteronomy 1:28

“Where are we going up? Our brothers have melted our heart, saying, ‘A people greater and taller than we; cities great and fortified up to the heavens; and also we saw the sons of the Anakim there.’””

Deuteronomy 1:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 1:28, word by word

Whereאָנָהana

where to?

Where? To where?; "how long?"

Where else “ana” appears
going upעֹלִיםolim

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “olim” appears
Our brothersאַחֵיache

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

Where else “ache” appears
have meltedהֵמַסּוּhemasu

lose heart

To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.

Where else “hemasu” appears
our heartלְבָבֵlevave

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levave” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
‘A peopleעַםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “am” appears
greaterגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

Where else “gadol” appears
and tallerרָםram

be high

To be up above, raised in honor.

Where else “ram” appears
citiesעָרִיםarim

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “arim” appears
and fortifiedבְצוּרֹתvetsurot

fortify

To surround a city with walls.

Where else “vetsurot” appears
up to the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
we sawרָאִינוּrainu

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “rainu” appears
the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of the Anakimעֲנָקִיםanakim

Anakite

Anakite: a descendant of Anak, a people of very tall men who lived in Canaan.

Where else “anakim” appears

The context

27You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because of YHWH’s hatred for us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to destroy us.

28 · This verse (above)

29I said to you, “Do not be terrified, and do not fear them.

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