Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:28
28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | אָנָ֣ה׀ | ’ā·nāh | Interrogative | H575 where? |
| can we | אֲנַ֣חְנוּ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| go | עֹלִ֗ים | ‘ō·lîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| Our brothers | אַחֵינוּ֩ | ’a·ḥê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H251 brother |
| have made our hearts melt | הֵמַ֨סּוּ | hê·mas·sū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H4549 dissolve, melt |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֗ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| The people | עַ֣ם | ‘am | Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| are larger | גָּד֤וֹל | gā·ḏō·wl | Adjective - masculine singular | H1419 great |
| and taller | וָרָם֙ | wā·rām | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7311 be high, exalted, rise |
| than we are | מִמֶּ֔נּוּ | mim·men·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the cities | עָרִ֛ים | ‘ā·rîm | Noun - feminine plural | H5892 excitement |
| are large | גְּדֹלֹ֥ת | gə·ḏō·lōṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H1419 great |
| with walls up | וּבְצוּרֹ֖ת | ū·ḇə·ṣū·rōṯ | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine plural | H1219 cut off, make inaccessible |
| to the heavens | בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם | baš·šā·mā·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| We even | וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| saw | רָאִ֥ינוּ | rā·’î·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H7200 see |
| the descendants | בְּנֵ֥י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| of the Anakim | עֲנָקִ֖ים | ‘ă·nā·qîm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6062 neck |
| there | שָֽׁם׃ | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 9:1–2 · Numbers 13:28–33 · Joshua 14:8 · Judges 1:20 · Joshua 15:14 · Joshua 11:22 · 2 Samuel 21:16–22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.