And thereוְשָׁםwe sawרָאִינוּthe Nephilimאֶת הַנְּפִילִים(the sonsבְּנֵיof Anakעֲנָקare fromמִןthe Nephilim);הַנְּפִלִיםand we wereוַנְּהִיin our own eyesבְעֵינֵינוּlike grasshoppers,כַּחֲגָבִיםand soוְכֵןwe wereהָיִינוּin their eyes.”בְּעֵינֵיהֶם
Numbers 13:33
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 13:33, word by word
- we sawרָאִינוּrainu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rainu” appears- the Nephilimנְּפִילִיםnefilim
Nephilim
Nephilim: a Hebrew word this translation leaves untranslated because its meaning is not known for certain. It occurs only in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33, where people of great stature are spoken of; so some Bibles put "giants".
Where else “nefilim” appears- (the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Anakעֲנָקanak
Anak
Anak, the ancestor of a people of Canaan, the Anakim, known for their great height.
Where else “anak” appears- and we wereנְּהִיnehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “nehi” appears- in our own eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- like grasshoppersחֲגָבִיםchagavim
grasshopper
Grasshopper, a small locust.
Where else “chagavim” appears
Translation note
“Nephilim” is the word of Genesis 6:4; its exact meaning is not known. Here the spies use it to say that those people were enormous and fearsome. It is said by the ten who discouraged the people (13:32).
The context
32And 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.
33 · This verse (above)