Numbers 32:9

“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.”

Numbers 32:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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