Numbers

Numbers 13:17

¹⁷When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When Moses	מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
them	אֹתָם֙	’ō·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
to spy out	לָת֖וּר	lā·ṯūr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8446 seek out, spy out, explore
the land	אֶ֣רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Canaan	כְּנָ֑עַן	kə·nā·‘an	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3667 Canaan
he told	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
them	אֲלֵהֶ֗ם	’ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H413 motion to
Go up	עֲל֥וּ	‘ă·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
through the Negev	בַּנֶּ֔גֶב	ban·ne·ḡeḇ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5045 south-country, Negeb, south
and	וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם	wa·‘ă·lî·ṯem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
into the hill country	הָהָֽר׃	hā·hār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.