And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Arise,קוּמָהand let us go upוְנַעֲלֶהagainst them,עֲלֵיהֶםforכִּיwe have seenרָאִינוּthe land,אֶת הָאָרֶץand look,וְהִנֵּהit is veryמְאֹדgood.טוֹבָהAnd youוְאַתֶּםare keeping silent?מַחְשִׁיםDo notאַלbe sluggishתֵּעָצְלוּto go,לָלֶכֶתto enter,לָבֹאto take possession ofלָרֶשֶׁתthe land.אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Judges 18:9
Study it in the app“And they said, “Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and look, it is very good. And you are keeping silent? Do not be sluggish to go, to enter, to take possession of the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:9, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Ariseקוּמָkuma
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kuma” appears- and let us 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- we have seenרָאִינוּrainu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rainu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- it is veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- are keeping silentמַחְשִׁיםmachshim
be silent, be still
Be silent, keep still without doing anything.
Where else “machshim” appears- be sluggishתֵּעָצְלוּteatslu
be slow, hesitate
Be sluggish, let time pass without moving.
Where else “teatslu” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- to enterבֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- to take possession ofרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears
The context
8And they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What about you?”
9 · This verse (above)
10When you go, you will come to a secure people, and the land is broad, for Elohim has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of any thing that is in the land.”