Numbers 13:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֹתָם֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָת֖וּר אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם עֲל֥וּ זֶה֙ בַּנֶּ֔גֶב וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם אֶת־הָהָֽר׃

Transliteration

wa-yišlaḥ ʾōtām mōšeh lātûr ʾet-ʾereṣ kənāʿan wa-yōʾmer ʾălêhem ʿălû zeh ba-negeb wa-ʿălîtem ʾet-hā-hār

Grammar Details

• *wa-yišlaḥ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *lātûr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to spy out
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *kənāʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *wa-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
• *ʿălû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - go up
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *ba-negeb*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the Negev
• *wa-ʿălîtem*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and go up
• *hā-hār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the mountain/hill country

Word Meanings

• *lātûr*: to spy out/to explore/to search
• *negeb*: south/Negev/south country
• *hā-hār*: the mountain/the hill country/the highlands

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Moses sent them forth to spie out the lande of Canaan and sayed vnto them: get you southwarde and goo vpp in to the hye contre

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whan Moses sent the forth to spye out the lande of Canaan, he sayde vnto the: Go vp southwarde, and get you vp to the mountaynes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (13:18) So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, & said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Moyses sent them foorth to spie out the lande of Chanaan, and said vnto them: Get you vp this way southward, that ye may go vp into the hie countrey,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, `Go ye up this `way' into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:9 : 9 And Abram journeyed, continuing toward the south.
• Judg 1:9 : 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
• Judg 1:15 : 15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
• Judg 1:19 : 19 And the LORD was with Judah, and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
• Gen 13:1 : 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
• Gen 14:10 : 10 And the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; and those who remained fled to the mountain.
• Num 13:21-22 : 21 So they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Num 13:29 : 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south; and the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.
• Num 14:40 : 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and went up into the top of the mountain, saying, Here we are, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned.
• Deut 1:44 : 44 And the Amorites, who dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, as far as Hormah.
• Josh 15:3 : 3 And it extended to the south of Maalehacrabbim, proceeded to Zin, ascended on the south side to Kadeshbarnea, passed by Hezron, went up to Adar, and circled around to Karkaa: