And the menוְהָאֲנָשִׁיםwhomאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהsentשָׁלַחto exploreלָתוּרthe land,אֶת הָאָרֶץand who returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּand madeוַallאֶת כָּלthe communityהָעֵדָהgrumbleיַּלִּינוּagainst himעָלָיוby bringing outלְהוֹצִיאa bad reportדִבָּהaboutעַלthe land,הָאָרֶץ
Numbers 14:36
Study it in the app“And the men whom Moses sent to explore the land, and who returned and made all the community grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:36, word by word
- And the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- sentשָׁלַחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- to exploreתוּרtur
explore
To go through a land to learn about it.
Where else “tur” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and who returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- grumbleיַּלִּינוּyalinu
grumble
To complain in a low voice against someone, in discontent.
Where else “yalinu” appears- by bringing outהוֹצִיאhotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appears- a bad reportדִבָּהdiba
bad report
Bad report about someone; slander, gossip.
Where else “diba” appears
The context
35I, YHWH, have spoken; surely this I will do to all this evil community that has gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to an end, and there they shall die.”
36 · This verse (above)
37the men who brought out a bad report of the land died by the plague before YHWH.