Whereאָנָהare weאֲנַחְנוּgoing up?עֹלִיםOur brothersאַחֵינוּhave meltedהֵמַסּוּour heart,אֶת לְבָבֵנוּsaying,לֵאמֹר‘A peopleעַםgreaterגָּדוֹלand tallerוָרָםthan we;מִמֶּנּוּcitiesעָרִיםgreatגְּדֹלֹתand fortifiedוּבְצוּרֹתup to the heavens;בַּשָּׁמָיִםand alsoוְגַםwe sawרָאִינוּthe sonsבְּנֵיof the Anakimעֲנָקִיםthere.’”שָׁם
Deuteronomy 1:28
Study it in the app“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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.