And they spreadוַיּוֹצִיאוּa bad reportדִּבַּתof the landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרthey had exploredתָּרוּ אֹתָהּamongאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“The landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרwe passed throughעָבַרְנוּ בָהּto explore itלָתוּר אֹתָהּisהִואa landאֶרֶץthat devoursאֹכֶלֶתits inhabitants,יוֹשְׁבֶיהָandוְallכָלthe peopleהָעָםthatאֲשֶׁרwe sawרָאִינוּin itבְתוֹכָהּare menאַנְשֵׁיof great size.מִדּוֹת
Numbers 13:32
Study it in the app“And they spread a bad report of the land that they had explored among the sons of Israel, saying, “The land that we passed through to explore it is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are men of great size.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 13:32, word by word
- And they spreadיּוֹצִיאוּyotsiu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotsiu” appears- a bad reportדִּבַּתdibat
bad report
Bad report about someone; slander, gossip.
Where else “dibat” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- they had exploredתָּרוּtaru
explore
To go through a land to learn about it.
Where else “taru” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- we passed throughעָבַרְנוּavarnu
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarnu” appears- that devoursאֹכֶלֶתochelet
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochelet” appears- its inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֶיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- the peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- we sawרָאִינוּrainu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rainu” appears- in itתוֹכָtocha
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “tocha” appears- are menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of great sizeמִדּוֹתmidot
measure
The size or measure of something.
Where else “midot” appears
The context
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.”
32 · This verse (above)
33And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are from the Nephilim); and we were in our own eyes like grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.”