And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Pleaseנָאdo notאַלleaveתַּעֲזֹבus,אֹתָנוּforכִּי עַל כֵּןyou knowיָדַעְתָּwhere we should campחֲנֹתֵנוּin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרand you will beוְהָיִיתָeyesלְעֵינָיִםfor us.לָּנוּ
Numbers 10:31
Study it in the app“And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be eyes for us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Numbers 10:31, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- leaveתַּעֲזֹבtaazov
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “taazov” appears- you knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadata” appears- where we should campחֲנֹתֵchanote
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chanote” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- and you will beהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- eyesעֵינָיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears
The context
30And he said to him, “I will not go; but to my land and to my kindred I will go.”
31 · This verse (above)
32And if you go with us, then whatever good that YHWH does for us, we will do the same good to you.”