Numbers 14:30

“you shall not come into the land where I raised my hand to settle you in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.”

Numbers 14:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 14:30, word by word

comeתָּבֹאוּtavou

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “tavou” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
I raisedנָשָׂאתִיnasati

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “nasati” appears
my handיָדִyadi

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yadi” appears
to settleשַׁכֵּןshaken

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

Where else “shaken” appears
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
sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “ben” appears
of Jephunnehיְפֻנֶּהyefune

Jephunneh

Jephunneh, the father of Caleb; another man bears the same name.

Where else “yefune” appears
and Joshuaיהוֹשֻׁעַyhoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

Where else “yhoshua” appears
of Nunנוּןnun

Nun

Nun, the father of Joshua.

Where else “nun” appears

Translation note

“Raising the hand” is the gesture of swearing (Exodus 6:8).

The context

29In this wilderness your corpses shall fall, and all of you who were counted in all your number, from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,

30 · This verse (above)

31But your little ones, whom you said would become plunder, I will bring them in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected.

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