Numbers 13:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a 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, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
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! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Deut 1:28 : 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
2 Sam 21:20 : 20 And there was yet a battle in 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 yet again there was 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 the son of the giant.
Ezek 36:13-14 : 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Num 13:28 : 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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