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Your fathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶםdidעָשׂוּsoכֹּהwhen I sentבְּשָׁלְחִיthemאֹתָםfrom Kadesh-barneaמִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַto seeלִרְאוֹתthe land.הָאָרֶץ
Numbers 32:8
Study it in the app“Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:8, word by word
- Your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- didעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- when I sentשָׁלְחִshalchi
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalchi” appears- from Kadesh-barneaקָּדֵשׁkadesh
Kadesh-barnea
See it on the mapWhere else “kadesh” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Places in this verse
Kadesh-barnea ?
Today: possibly Ain Qudeirat, Sinai/Negev border
An oasis in the desert south of Canaan; its exact site is not certain.
Moses sent the twelve spies from there (Num 13:26). Because of their unbelief, Israel wandered in the wilderness almost forty years (Deut 2:14).
The context
7Why would you discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land that YHWH has given them?
8 · This verse (above)
9They went up as far as the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, and they discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go into the land that YHWH had given them.