Numbers
Numbers 13:2
2“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Send out | שְׁלַח־ | šə·laḥ- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7971 send |
| for yourself | לְךָ֣ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| men | אֲנָשִׁ֗ים | ’ă·nā·šîm | Noun - masculine plural | H582 man, mankind |
| to spy out | וְיָתֻ֙רוּ֙ | wə·yā·ṯu·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H8446 seek out, spy out, explore |
| the land | אֶ֣רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Canaan | כְּנַ֔עַן | kə·na·‘an | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3667 Canaan |
| which | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I | אֲנִ֥י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am giving | נֹתֵ֖ן | nō·ṯên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| to the Israelites | לִבְנֵ֣י | liḇ·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| From each | כֹּ֖ל | kōl | Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| of their fathers’ | אֲבֹתָיו֙ | ’ă·ḇō·ṯāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1 father |
| tribes | לְמַטֵּ֤ה | lə·maṭ·ṭêh | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H4294 staff, rod, shaft |
| send | תִּשְׁלָ֔חוּ | tiš·lā·ḥū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H7971 send |
| one | אֶחָד֩ | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| man | אִ֨ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| who is a leader | נָשִׂ֥יא | nā·śî | Noun - masculine singular | H5387 one lifted up |
| among them | בָהֶֽם׃ | ḇā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 1:22–25 · Numbers 32:8 · Numbers 34:18 · Numbers 1:4 · Joshua 2:1–24 · Numbers 11:16 · Deuteronomy 1:15 · Exodus 18:25
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.