Amalekעֲמָלֵקlivesיוֹשֵׁבin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the Negev;הַנֶּגֶבand the Hittiteוְהַחִתִּיand the Jebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִיand the Amoriteוְהָאֱמֹרִיliveיוֹשֵׁבin the hill country;בָּהָרand the Canaaniteוְהַכְּנַעֲנִיlivesיֹשֵׁבbyעַלthe seaהַיָּםandוְalongעַל יַדthe Jordan.”הַיַּרְדֵּן
Numbers 13:29
Study it in the app“Amalek lives in the land of the Negev; and the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite live in the hill country; and the Canaanite lives by the sea and along the Jordan.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 13:29, word by word
- Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- livesיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- and the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears- and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears- and the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- in the hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- and the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- alongיַדyad
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
28Only the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and we also saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 · This verse (above)
30But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession of it, for we are well able to overcome it.”