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and saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלallכָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“The landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרwe passed throughעָבַרְנוּ בָהּto explore itלָתוּר אֹתָהּis a goodטוֹבָהland,הָאָרֶץvery,מְאֹדvery good.מְאֹד
Numbers 14:7
Study it in the app“and said to all the community of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land that we passed through to explore it is a good land, very, very good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:7, word by word
- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- “The landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- we passed throughעָבַרְנוּavarnu
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarnu” appears- to explore itתוּרtur
explore
To go through a land to learn about it.
Where else “tur” appears- is a goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
6And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes
7 · This verse (above)
8If YHWH delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.