Numbers 13:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ דִּבַּ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּר֣וּ אֹתָ֔הּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הָאָ֡רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ עָבַ֨רְנוּ בָ֜הּ לָת֣וּר אֹתָ֗הּ אֶ֣רֶץ אֹכֶ֤לֶת יוֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ הִ֔וא וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֥ינוּ בְתוֹכָ֖הּ אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִדּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wa-yôṣîʾû dibbat hā-ʾāreṣ ʾăšer tārû ʾōtāh ʾel-bənê yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr hā-ʾāreṣ ʾăšer ʿābarnû bāh lātûr ʾōtāh ʾereṣ ʾōkelet yôšəbeyhā hîʾ wə-kol-hā-ʿām ʾăšer-rāʾînû bə-tôkāh ʾanšê middôt

Grammar Details

*wa-yôṣîʾû*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they brought out
*dibbat*: noun, feminine singular construct - bad report of
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - whom
*tārû*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they spied out
*ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
*ʿābarnû*: Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we passed through
*bāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it
*lātûr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to spy out
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*ʾōkelet*: Qal participle, feminine singular construct - devouring
*yôšəbeyhā*: Qal participle masculine plural construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its inhabitants
*hîʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd feminine singular - it
*wə-kol*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all of
*hā-ʿām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
*rāʾînû*: Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we saw
*bə-tôkāh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in its midst
*ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
*middôt*: noun, feminine plural - measurements/stature

Word Meanings

*yôṣîʾû* *dibbat*: brought out/spread evil/slanderous report
*tārû*: spied out/explored/searched
*ʿābarnû*: passed through/traversed/traveled through
*ʾereṣ* *ʾōkelet* *yôšəbeyhā*: land that devours its inhabitants [idiom for dangerous land]
*ʾanšê* *middôt*: men of great height/tall men/men of great stature

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Referenced Verses

Num 14:36-37 : 36 And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, 37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.
Amos 2:9 : 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
Deut 1:28 : 28 Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
2 Sam 21:20 : 20 And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
1 Chr 20:6 : 6 And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born unto the giant.
Ezek 36:13-14 : 13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou [land] art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation; 14 therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord Jehovah;
Num 13:28 : 28 Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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