Numbers 14:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ אֶל־רֹאשׁ־הָהָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֶּ֗נּוּ וְעָלִ֛ינוּ אֶל־הַמָּק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ

Transliteration

And-yaškîmû in-the-bōqer and-yaʿălû to-rōʾš-the-hār lēʾmōr hinnennû and-ʿālînû to-the-māqôm which-ʾāmar YHWH for ḥāṭāʾnû

Grammar Details

*yaškîmû*: hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural - they rose early
*bōqer*: masculine singular noun with definite article - morning
*yaʿălû*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural - they went up
*rōʾš*: masculine singular construct - top/head of
*hār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - mountain
*lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - to say
*hinnennû*: interjection with 1st person plural suffix - here we are
*ʿālînû*: qal perfect, 1st person plural - we will go up
*māqôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - place
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said/promised
*YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
*ḥāṭāʾnû*: qal perfect, 1st person plural - we have sinned

Word Meanings

*yaškîmû*: rose early/got up early
*bōqer*: morning/dawn
*yaʿălû*: went up/ascended/climbed
*rōʾš*: top/head/summit
*hār*: mountain/hill
*hinnennû*: behold us/here we are
*ʿālînû*: we will go up/we are going up
*māqôm*: place/location/spot
*ʾāmar*: said/promised/declared
*ḥāṭāʾnû*: we have sinned/we have offended

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:41 : 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.
Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matt 26:11-12 : 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
Luke 13:25 : 25 When once {G302} the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, {G2962} open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

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