Numbers 13:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אֹתָ֥ם מֹשֶׁ֛ה מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָ֖ן עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כֻּלָּ֣ם אֲנָשִׁ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽמָּה׃

Transliteration

wa-yišlaḥ ʾōtām mōšeh mi-midbar pāʾrān ʿal-pî YHWH kullām ʾănāšîm rāʾšê bənê-yiśrāʾēl hēmmâ

Grammar Details

*wa-yišlaḥ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*mi-midbar*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from wilderness of
*pāʾrān*: proper noun - Paran
*ʿal*: preposition - according to
*pî*: noun, masculine singular construct - mouth/command of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*kullām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - all of them
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*rāʾšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - heads/chiefs of
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hēmmâ*: personal pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they

Word Meanings

*ʿal-pî*: according to mouth of/by command of/at direction of
*rāʾšê*: heads/chiefs/leaders

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 12:16 : 16 And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
Num 32:8 : 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Deut 1:19 : 19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Deut 9:23 : 23 And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Deut 1:23 : 23 And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

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