Numbers 13:33

“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.””

Numbers 13:33 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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