Study it in the app“They went up into the Negev and came as far as Hebron; and there were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)”
They went upוַיַּעֲלוּinto the Negevבַנֶּגֶבand cameוַיָּבֹאas far asעַדHebron;חֶבְרוֹןand thereוְשָׁםwere Ahiman,אֲחִימַןSheshai,שֵׁשַׁיand Talmai,וְתַלְמַיdescendantsיְלִידֵיof Anak.הָעֲנָק(Now Hebronוְחֶבְרוֹןwas builtנִבְנְתָהsevenשֶׁבַעyearsשָׁנִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיZoanצֹעַןin Egypt.)מִצְרָיִם
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appearsNegev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsHebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appearsAhiman
Ahiman, one of the three descendants of Anak who lived in Hebron; also an Israelite.
Where else “achiman” appearsSheshai
Sheshai, one of the three descendants of Anak who lived in Hebron.
Where else “sheshay” appearsTalmai
Talmai, the name of two men: one of the three descendants of Anak who lived in Hebron (Numbers 13:22) and the king of Geshur, grandfather of Absalom (2 Samuel 3:3).
Where else “talmay” appearsdescendant
Someone who descends from an ancestor, from his stock.
Where else “yelide” appearsAnak
Anak, the ancestor of a people of Canaan, the Anakim, known for their great height.
Where else “anak” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “nivnta” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsZoan
Zoan, an ancient city of Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Where else “tsoan” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsIn Hebrew the verb “came” is singular here (“he came as far as Hebron”).
1Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
21So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
22 · This verse (above)
23And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a carrying pole between two men, and also some of the pomegranates and of the figs.
