Numbers 13:32

“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.”

Numbers 13:32 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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they had exploredתָּרוּtaru

explore

To go through a land to learn about it.

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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we passed throughעָבַרְנוּavarnu

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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that devoursאֹכֶלֶתochelet

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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its inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֶיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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the peopleעָםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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we sawרָאִינוּrainu

see

To see with one's eyes.

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in itתוֹכָtocha

inside

The inside of a place or an enclosed space.

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are menאַנְשֵׁיanshe

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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of great sizeמִדּוֹתmidot

measure

The size or measure of something.

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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.”

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