They went upוַיַּעֲלוּas far asעַדthe Valleyנַחַלof Eshcolאֶשְׁכּוֹלand sawוַיִּרְאוּthe land,הָאָרֶץand they discouragedוַיָּנִיאוּthe heartלֵבof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלso as notלְבִלְתִּיto goבֹאintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad givenנָתַןthem.לָהֶם
Numbers 32:9
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:9, word by word
- They went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- the Valleyנַחַלnachal
valley
The hollow the water runs through.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Eshcolאֶשְׁכּוֹלeshkol
Eshcol
Eshcol, an Amorite ally of Abram, brother of Mamre; also a valley near Hebron.
Where else “eshkol” appears- and sawיִּרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and they discouragedיָּנִיאוּyaniu
forbid, discourage
Forbid, oppose: keep something from being done; also discourage.
Where else “yaniu” 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- to goבֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” 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- had givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears
The context
8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9 · This verse (above)
10YHWH’s anger burned on that day, and he swore, saying,