Numbers 14:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-hāʿămālēqî wə-hakkənaʿănî yôšēb bāʿēmeq māḥār pənû ûsəʿû lākem hammidbār derek yam-sûp

Grammar Details

*wə-hāʿămālēqî*: conjunction + definite article + gentilic singular noun - and the Amalekite
*wə-hakkənaʿănî*: conjunction + definite article + gentilic singular noun - and the Canaanite
*yôšēb*: participle, masculine singular, Qal form of *yšb* - dwelling/sitting
*bāʿēmeq*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the valley
*māḥār*: adverb - tomorrow
*pənû*: imperative, masculine plural, Qal form of *pnh* - turn
*ûsəʿû*: conjunction + imperative, masculine plural, Qal form of *nsʿ* - and journey/set out
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for yourselves
*hammidbār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the wilderness
*derek*: masculine singular construct - way of/road to
*yam-sûp*: masculine singular construct + proper noun - Sea of Reeds/Red Sea

Word Meanings

*wə-hāʿămālēqî wə-hakkənaʿănî*: the Amalekite and the Canaanite (collective singular for people groups)
*yôšēb*: is dwelling/sits/resides
*bāʿēmeq*: in the valley/in the lowland
*māḥār*: tomorrow/in the morning/the next day
*pənû ûsəʿû*: turn and journey/turn around and move/change direction and travel
*derek yam-sûp*: way of the Red Sea/road to the Sea of Reeds

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Referenced Verses

Num 13:29 : 29 Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
Deut 1:40 : 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
Num 14:4 : 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

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