‘The menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho came upהָעֹלִיםfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםfrom twentyמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upward,וָמַעְלָהshall notאִםseeיִרְאוּthe groundהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםto Isaac,לְיִצְחָקand to Jacob,וּלְיַעֲקֹבbecauseכִּיthey did notלֹאfully followמִלְאוּ אַחֲרָme;י
Numbers 32:11
Study it in the app“‘The men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall not see the ground that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they did not fully follow me;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:11, word by word
- ‘The menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who came upעֹלִיםolim
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “olim” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- from twentyבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- from twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- old and upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- seeיִרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- I sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appears- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- and to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- fully followמִלְאוּmilu
follow fully
To follow YHWH without reserve, with one's whole being; also, to fill a setting with stones.
Where else “milu” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
10YHWH’s anger burned on that day, and he swore, saying,
11 · This verse (above)
12except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have fully followed YHWH.’