Numbers
Numbers 13:31
31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But the men | וְהָ֨אֲנָשִׁ֜ים | wə·hā·’ă·nā·šîm | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H582 man, mankind |
| who | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| had gone up | עָל֤וּ | ‘ā·lū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| with him | עִמּוֹ֙ | ‘im·mōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5973 with |
| replied | אָֽמְר֔וּ | ’ā·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H559 utter, say |
| We cannot | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| go up | לַעֲל֣וֹת | la·‘ă·lō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| against | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the people | הָעָ֑ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| for | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| they | ה֖וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| are stronger | חָזָ֥ק | ḥā·zāq | Adjective - masculine singular | H2389 strong, stout, mighty |
| than we are | מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | 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 |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 1:28 · Joshua 14:8 · Hebrews 3:19 · Numbers 32:9 · Deuteronomy 9:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.