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Mosesמֹשֶׁהsentוַיִּשְׁלַחthemאֹתָםto exploreלָתוּרthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Canaanכְּנָעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Go upעֲלוּthis wayזֶהinto the Negev,בַּנֶּגֶבand go upוַעֲלִיתֶםinto the hill country,אֶת הָהָר
Numbers 13:17
Study it in the app“Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up this way into the Negev, and go up into the hill country,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 13:17, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- to exploreתוּרtur
explore
To go through a land to learn about it.
Where else “tur” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Go upעֲלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- into the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- into the hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.
17 · This verse (above)
18and see the land, what it is like, and the people who live in it, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,