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But Calebכָּלֵבquietedוַיַּהַסthe peopleאֶת הָעָםbeforeאֶלMosesמֹשֶׁהand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let us go upנַעֲלֶהat onceעָלֹהand take possessionוְיָרַשְׁנוּof it,אֹתָהּforכִּיwe are well ableיָכוֹל נוּכַלto overcome it.”לָהּ
Numbers 13:30
Study it in the app“But 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 13:30, word by word
- But Calebכָּלֵבkalev
Caleb
Caleb, a scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.
Where else “kalev” appears- quietedיַּהַסyahas
quiet, hush
Make quiet, call for silence.
Where else “yahas” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- 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- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “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- and take possessionיָרַשְׁנוּyarashnu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarashnu” appears- we are well ableיָכוֹלyachol
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachol” appears
The context
29Amalek 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.”
30 · This verse (above)
31But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”