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Whyוְלָמָּהwould you discourageתְנִיאוּןthe heartלֵבof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom crossing overמֵעֲבֹרintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןthem?לָהֶם
Numbers 32:7
Study it in the app“Why would you discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land that YHWH has given them?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:7, word by word
- would you discourageתְנִיאוּteniu
forbid, discourage
Forbid, oppose: keep something from being done; also discourage.
Where else “teniu” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” 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- from crossing overעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears
The context
6Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here?
7 · This verse (above)
8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.