NUMBERS 13:20

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.”

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Numbers 13:20 Translation & Meaning

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And what וּמָ֣ה Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses And what
the land הָ֠אָרֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
is, (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
whether it הִ֜וא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are whether
be (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
fat הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה Greasy, i.e., gross; figuratively, rich fat
or אִם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not or
lean, רָזָ֗ה Thin lean
whether there be הֲיֵֽשׁ There is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection) whether
wood עֵץ֙ A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) wood
therein, or אִם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not therein
not. אַ֔יִן A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle not
And be ye of good courage, וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם To fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer good courage
and bring וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם To take (in the widest variety of applications) bring
of the fruit מִפְּרִ֣י Fruit (literally or figuratively) fruit
of the land. הָאָ֑רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
Now the time וְהַ֨יָּמִ֔ים A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) Now time
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the time יְמֵ֖י A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) time
of the firstripe בִּכּוּרֵ֥י The first-fruits of the crop firstripe
grapes. עֲנָבִֽים׃ A grape grapes

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  • 18  And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

  • 19  And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

  • 20  And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

  • 21  So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

  • 22  And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)




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