Numbers 14:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of 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 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Deut 1:40 : 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people would not hearken{H8804)} to my voice; and Israel would{H8804)} none of me. 12 So I gave them up{H8762)} unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked{H8799)} in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened{H8802)} unto me, and Israel had walked{H8762)} 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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