Numbers 13

YHWH instructs Moses to send 12 spies, one per tribe including Caleb and Hoshea (later Yehoshua), from Paran to scout Kena'an; they return with fruit confirming abundance but ten incite fear with tales of giants, while Caleb urges conquest.[1]

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Interlinear Text

Verse 2
Send Send forth! for yourself — men men that they may spy out and they will explore [direct object marker] object-marker land land Canaan Kena'an Kenaan which that-which I I am giving the one who gives to the sons of to sons of Israel El-Contends Yiserael a man man one one man man one one from a tribe to a staff of his fathers his fathers you shall send you (masculine plural) will send every the whole of leader exalted leader among them —
שְׁלַח 𐤔𐤋𐤇 shelach Send Send forth! HVqv2ms לְ/ךָ֣ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha for yourself HR/Sp2ms אֲנָשִׁ֗ים 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 anashim men men HNcmpa וְ/יָתֻ֨רוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤓𐤅 veyaturu that they may spy out and they will explore HC/Vqi3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 erets land land HNcbsc כְּנַ֔עַן 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 kenaan Canaan Kena'an Kenaan HNp אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr אֲנִ֥י 𐤀𐤍𐤉 ani Ine (Bemba) I I HPp1cs נֹתֵ֖ן 𐤍𐤕𐤍 noten am giving the one who gives HVqrmsa לִ/בְנֵ֣י 𐤋/𐤁𐤍𐤉 liveney Bene (Bemba) to the sons of to sons of HR/Ncmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp אִ֣ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish a man man HNcmsa אֶחָד֩ 𐤀𐤇𐤃 echad Eka (Bemba) one one HAcmsa אִ֨ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish-2 man man HNcmsa אֶחָ֜ד 𐤀𐤇𐤃 echad-2 Eka (Bemba) one one HAcmsa לְ/מַטֵּ֤ה 𐤋/𐤌𐤈𐤄 lemateh from a tribe to a staff HR/Ncmsc אֲבֹתָי/ו֙ 𐤀𐤁𐤕𐤉/𐤅 avotayv of his fathers his fathers HNcmpc/Sp3ms תִּשְׁלָ֔חוּ 𐤕𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 tishelachu you shall send you (masculine plural) will send HVqi2mp כֹּ֖ל 𐤊𐤋 kol every the whole of HNcmsa נָשִׂ֥יא 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤀 nasi leader exalted leader HNcmsa בָ/הֶֽם 𐤁/𐤄𐤌 vahem among them HR/Sp3mp
Verse 19
and-what and what? the-land the earth which that-which it he dwells dwelling-one of in-it — good? the good (feminine) it she or if / whether bad evil and-what and what? the-cities the cities which that-which it he dwells dwelling-one of in-them in these in-camps in the encampments or if / whether in-fortifications in fortified strongholds
וּ/מָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤄 umah and-what and what? HC/Ti הָ/אָ֗רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the-land the earth HTd/Ncbsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr הוּא֙ 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu it he HPp3ms יֹשֵׁ֣ב 𐤉𐤔𐤁 yoshev dwells dwelling-one of HVqrmsa בָּ֔/הּ 𐤁/𐤄 bah in-it HR/Sp3fs הֲ/טוֹבָ֥ה 𐤄/𐤈𐤅𐤁𐤄 hatovah good? the good (feminine) HTi/Aafsa הִ֖וא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hiv it she HPp3fs אִם 𐤀𐤌 im or if / whether HC רָעָ֑ה 𐤓𐤏𐤄 raah bad evil HAafsa וּ/מָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤄 umah-2 and-what and what? HC/Ti הֶֽ/עָרִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 hearim the-cities the cities HTd/Ncfpa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 which that-which HTr הוּא֙ 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu-2 it he HPp3ms יוֹשֵׁ֣ב 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 yoshev-2 dwells dwelling-one of HVqrmsa בָּ/הֵ֔נָּה 𐤁/𐤄𐤍𐤄 bahenah in-them in these HR/Pp3fp הַ/בְּ/מַֽחֲנִ֖ים 𐤄/𐤁/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤌 habemachanim in-camps in the encampments HTi/R/Ncbpa אִ֥ם 𐤀𐤌 im-2 or if / whether HC בְּ/מִבְצָרִֽים 𐤁/𐤌𐤁𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 bemivetsarim in-fortifications in fortified strongholds HR/Ncmpa
Verse 20
and-what and what? the-land the earth fat the stout one it she whether if / whether lean thin is-there is there? in-it — tree wood-tree of whether if / whether no there is not and-be-strong and you strengthened yourselves and-take and you shall take from-fruit from fruit-of the-land the earth and-the-days and the days days-of days of first-ripe first yields of grapes grapes
וּ/מָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤄 umah and-what and what? HC/Ti הָ֠/אָרֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the-land the earth HTd/Ncbsa הַ/שְּׁמֵנָ֨ה 𐤄/𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤄 hashemenah fat the stout one HTi/Aafsa הִ֜וא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hiv it she HPp3fs אִם 𐤀𐤌 im whether if / whether HC רָזָ֗ה 𐤓𐤆𐤄 razah lean thin HAafsa הֲ/יֵֽשׁ 𐤄/𐤉𐤔 hayesh is-there is there? HTi/Tm בָּ֥/הּ 𐤁/𐤄 bah in-it HR/Sp3fs עֵץ֙ 𐤏𐤑 ets tree wood-tree of HNcmsa אִם 𐤀𐤌 im-2 whether if / whether HC אַ֔יִן 𐤀𐤉𐤍 ayin no there is not HTn וְ/הִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם 𐤅/𐤄𐤕𐤇𐤆𐤒𐤕𐤌 vehitechazaqetem and-be-strong and you strengthened yourselves HC/Vtq2mp וּ/לְקַחְתֶּ֖ם 𐤅/𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤕𐤌 uleqachetem and-take and you shall take HC/Vqq2mp מִ/פְּרִ֣י 𐤌/𐤐𐤓𐤉 miperi from-fruit from fruit-of HR/Ncmsc הָ/אָ֑רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets-2 the-land the earth HTd/Ncbsa וְ/הַ֨/יָּמִ֔ים 𐤅/𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 vehayamim and-the-days and the days HC/Td/Ncmpa יְמֵ֖י 𐤉𐤌𐤉 yemey days-of days of HNcmpc בִּכּוּרֵ֥י 𐤁𐤊𐤅𐤓𐤉 bikurey first-ripe first yields of HNcbpc עֲנָבִֽים 𐤏𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤌 anavim grapes grapes HNcmpa
Verse 22
and they went up they caused to ascend in the Negev in the arid southland and they came and he came to up to Hebron Alliance-Place Cheveron and there and there Ahiman My-Brother-is-a-Share Achiman Sheshai Sheshai Sheshay and Talmai and Talmai and Talemay descendants of homeborn ones of Anak the Necked One the Anaq and Hebron Association-Place and Cheveron seven seven years cycles of years had been built was built before to the face of Zoan Tsōan Tsoan Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim
וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤅 vayaalu and they went up they caused to ascend HC/Vqw3mp בַ/נֶּגֶב֮ 𐤁/𐤍𐤂𐤁 vanegev in the Negev in the arid southland HRd/Ncmsa וַ/יָּבֹ֣א 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤀 vayavo and they came and he came HC/Vqw3ms עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad to up to HR חֶבְרוֹן֒ 𐤇𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤍 cheveron Hebron Alliance-Place Cheveron HNp וְ/שָׁ֤ם 𐤅/𐤔𐤌 vesham and there and there HC/D אֲחִימַן֙ 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤌𐤍 achiman Ahiman My-Brother-is-a-Share Achiman HNp שֵׁשַׁ֣י 𐤔𐤔𐤉 sheshay Sheshai Sheshai Sheshay HNp וְ/תַלְמַ֔י 𐤅/𐤕𐤋𐤌𐤉 vetalemay and Talmai and Talmai and Talemay HC/Np יְלִידֵ֖י 𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤃𐤉 yelidey descendants of homeborn ones of HNcmpc הָ/עֲנָ֑ק 𐤄/𐤏𐤍𐤒 haanaq Anak the Necked One the Anaq HTd/Ngmsa וְ/חֶבְר֗וֹן 𐤅/𐤇𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤍 vecheveron and Hebron Association-Place and Cheveron HC/Np שֶׁ֤בַע 𐤔𐤁𐤏 sheva seven seven HAcfsa שָׁנִים֙ 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 shanim years cycles of years HNcfpa נִבְנְתָ֔ה 𐤍𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤄 nivenetah had been built was built HVNp3fs לִ/פְנֵ֖י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of HR/Ncbpc צֹ֥עַן 𐤑𐤏𐤍 tsoan Zoan Tsōan Tsoan HNp מִצְרָֽיִם 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp
Verse 23
And they came they came to up to brook/valley seasonal stream Eshcol Cluster Eshekol and they cut down and they cut off from there from there branch pruned vine shoot with a cluster cluster of of grapes grapes one one and they carried it and they lifted him on a pole yoke-bar between two in two and of and from the pomegranates the pomegranates and of and from the figs the fig trees
וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 vayavou And they came they came HC/Vqw3mp עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad to up to HR נַ֣חַל 𐤍𐤇𐤋 nachal brook/valley seasonal stream HNcmsc אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל 𐤀𐤔𐤊𐤋 eshekol Eshcol Cluster Eshekol HNp וַ/יִּכְרְת֨וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤅 vayikheretu and they cut down and they cut off HC/Vqw3mp מִ/שָּׁ֤ם 𐤌/𐤔𐤌 misham from there from there HR/D זְמוֹרָה֙ 𐤆𐤌𐤅𐤓𐤄 zemorah branch pruned vine shoot HNcfsa וְ/אֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤊𐤅𐤋 veeshekol with a cluster cluster of HC/Ncmsc עֲנָבִים֙ 𐤏𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤌 anavim of grapes grapes HNcmpa אֶחָ֔ד 𐤀𐤇𐤃 echad Eka (Bemba) one one HAcmsa וַ/יִּשָּׂאֻ֥/הוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤀/𐤄𐤅 vayisauhu and they carried it and they lifted him HC/Vqw3mp/Sp3ms בַ/מּ֖וֹט 𐤁/𐤌𐤅𐤈 vamot on a pole yoke-bar HRd/Ncmsa בִּ/שְׁנָ֑יִם 𐤁/𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 bishenayim between two in two HR/Acmda וּ/מִן 𐤅/𐤌𐤍 umin and of and from HC/R הָ/רִמֹּנִ֖ים 𐤄/𐤓𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 harimonim the pomegranates the pomegranates HTd/Ncmpa וּ/מִן 𐤅/𐤌𐤍 umin-2 and of and from HC/R הַ/תְּאֵנִֽים 𐤄/𐤕𐤀𐤍𐤉𐤌 hateenim the figs the fig trees HTd/Ncfpa
Verse 26
and they went they went and they came they came to toward Moses Mosheh Mosheh and to and toward Aaron Aharon Aharon and to and toward all entirety of congregation appointed assembly of sons of sons of Israel El-Contends Yiserael to toward wilderness of grazing-land of Paran Paran Paran Kadesh Kadesh Qadesh and they brought back and they caused to return to them them word spoken matter and and object-marker all entirety of the congregation the appointed assembly and showed them they made them see — object-marker fruit fruit-yield of the land the earth
וַ/יֵּלְכ֡וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 vayelekhu and they went they went HC/Vqw3mp וַ/יָּבֹאוּ֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 vayavou and they came they came HC/Vqw3mp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR מֹשֶׁ֨ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses Mosheh Mosheh HNp וְ/אֶֽל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to and toward HC/R אַהֲרֹ֜ן 𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 aharon Aaron Aharon Aharon HNp וְ/אֶל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel-2 and to and toward HC/R כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all entirety of HNcmsc עֲדַ֧ת 𐤏𐤃𐤕 adat congregation appointed assembly of HNcfsc בְּנֵֽי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) sons of sons of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el-2 to toward HR מִדְבַּ֥ר 𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 midebar wilderness of grazing-land of HNcmsc פָּארָ֖ן 𐤐𐤀𐤓𐤍 paran Paran Paran Paran HNp קָדֵ֑שָׁ/ה 𐤒𐤃𐤔/𐤄 qadeshah Kadesh Kadesh Qadesh HNp/Sd וַ/יָּשִׁ֨יבוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤅 vayashivu and they brought back and they caused to return HC/Vhw3mp אוֹתָ֤/ם 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤌 otam to them them HTo/Sp3mp דָּבָר֙ 𐤃𐤁𐤓 davar word spoken matter HNcmsa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and and object-marker HC/To כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal-2 all entirety of HNcmsc הָ֣/עֵדָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤏𐤃𐤄 haedah the congregation the appointed assembly HTd/Ncfsa וַ/יַּרְא֖וּ/ם 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅/𐤌 vayareum and showed them they made them see HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et object-marker HTo פְּרִ֥י 𐤐𐤓𐤉 peri fruit fruit-yield HNcmsc הָ/אָֽרֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets of the land the earth HTd/Ncbsa
Verse 29
Amalek Amalek Amaleq dwells dwelling-one of in the land in land of the Negev the arid southland and the Hittite and the Hittite and the Chiti and the Jebusite and the Yebusi and the Yevusi and the Amorite and the Amorite and the Emori dwell dwelling-one of in the hill country mountain and the Canaanite and the Canaanite and the Kenaani dwells dwelling-one of by upon the sea the sea and by and upon the side open hand of the Jordan the Descender the Yareden
עֲמָלֵ֥ק 𐤏𐤌𐤋𐤒 amaleq Amalek Amalek Amaleq HNp יוֹשֵׁ֖ב 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 yoshev dwells dwelling-one of HVqrmsa בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 beerets in the land in land HR/Ncbsc הַ/נֶּ֑גֶב 𐤄/𐤍𐤂𐤁 hanegev of the Negev the arid southland HTd/Ncmsa וְ֠/הַֽ/חִתִּי 𐤅/𐤄/𐤇𐤕𐤉 vehachiti and the Hittite and the Hittite and the Chiti HC/Td/Ngmsa וְ/הַ/יְבוּסִ֤י 𐤅/𐤄/𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤎𐤉 vehayevusi and the Jebusite and the Yebusi and the Yevusi HC/Td/Ngmsa וְ/הָֽ/אֱמֹרִי֙ 𐤅/𐤄/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 vehaemori and the Amorite and the Amorite and the Emori HC/Td/Ngmsa יוֹשֵׁ֣ב 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 yoshev-2 dwell dwelling-one of HVqrmsa בָּ/הָ֔ר 𐤁/𐤄𐤓 bahar in the hill country mountain HRd/Ncmsa וְ/הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִי֙ 𐤅/𐤄/𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉 vehakenaani and the Canaanite and the Canaanite and the Kenaani HC/Td/Ngmsa יֹשֵׁ֣ב 𐤉𐤔𐤁 yoshev-3 dwells dwelling-one of HVqrmsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al by upon HR הַ/יָּ֔ם 𐤄/𐤉𐤌 hayam the sea the sea HTd/Ncmsa וְ/עַ֖ל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and by and upon HC/R יַ֥ד 𐤉𐤃 yad the side open hand HNcbsc הַ/יַּרְדֵּֽן 𐤄/𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 hayareden of the Jordan the Descender the Yareden HTd/Np
Verse 32
and they brought out and they caused to go out a bad report malicious report of of the land the earth which that-which they had explored they explored it her to toward the sons of sons of Israel El-Contends Yiserael saying to say The land the earth which that-which we have passed through we crossed over through it — to explore to explore it her a land land that devours eating one its inhabitants her dwellers it is she and all and whole of the people the gathered people that that-which we saw we have seen in it in her midst men men of of great stature measured quantities
וַ/יּוֹצִ֜יאוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀𐤅 vayotsiu and they brought out and they caused to go out HC/Vhw3mp דִּבַּ֤ת 𐤃𐤁𐤕 dibat a bad report malicious report of HNcfsc הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets of the land the earth HTd/Ncbsa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr תָּר֣וּ 𐤕𐤓𐤅 taru they had explored they explored HVqp3cp אֹתָ֔/הּ 𐤀𐤕/𐤄 otah it her HTo/Sp3fs אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR בְּנֵ֥י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) the sons of sons of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp לֵ/אמֹ֑ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say HR/Vqc הָ/אָ֡רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets-2 The land the earth HTd/Ncbsa אֲשֶׁר֩ 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 which that-which HTr עָבַ֨רְנוּ 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤍𐤅 avarenu we have passed through we crossed over HVqp1cp בָ֜/הּ 𐤁/𐤄 vah through it HR/Sp3fs לָ/ת֣וּר 𐤋/𐤕𐤅𐤓 latur to explore to explore HR/Vqc אֹתָ֗/הּ 𐤀𐤕/𐤄 otah-2 it her HTo/Sp3fs אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 erets a land land HNcbsa אֹכֶ֤לֶת 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤕 okhelet that devours eating one HVqrfsa יוֹשְׁבֶ֨י/הָ֙ 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤉/𐤄 yosheveyha its inhabitants her dwellers HVqrmpc/Sp3fs הִ֔וא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hiv it is she HPp3fs וְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhal and all and whole of HC/Ncmsc הָ/עָ֛ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam the people the gathered people HTd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-3 that that-which HTr רָאִ֥ינוּ 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤅 rainu we saw we have seen HVqp1cp בְ/תוֹכָ֖/הּ 𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤊/𐤄 vetokhah in it in her midst HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs אַנְשֵׁ֥י 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 aneshey men men of HNcmpc מִדּֽוֹת 𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤕 midot of great stature measured quantities HNcfpa
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