Study it in the app“You answered and said to me, “We have sinned against YHWH. We will go up and fight, according to all that YHWH our Elohim commanded us.” Each of you girded on his weapons of war, and you considered it easy to go up into the hill country.”
You answeredוַתַּעֲנוּand saidוַתֹּאמְרוּto me,אֵלַי“We have sinnedחָטָאנוּagainst YHWH.לַיהוָהWeאֲנַחְנוּwill go upנַעֲלֶהand fight,וְנִלְחַמְנוּaccording to all thatכְּכֹל אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּcommanded us.”צִוָּנוּEach of youאִישׁgirded onוַתַּחְגְּרוּhis weaponsאֶת כְּלֵיof war,מִלְחַמְתּוֹand you considered it easyוַתָּהִינוּto go upלַעֲלֹתinto the hill country.הָהָרָה
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taanu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naale” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamnu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsgird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “tachgru” appearsweapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “kele” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchamt” appearstreat lightly
Treat as easy, take lightly. A word that appears only here; its sense is probable.
Where else “tahinu” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “hara” appearsThe verb translated “considered it easy” occurs only here in the whole Bible; its sense is probable, not certain.
40But you, turn and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds.”
41 · This verse (above)
42YHWH said to me, “Say to them, ‘Do not go up and do not fight, for I am not among you, so that you are not struck down before your enemies.’”
