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Numbers 13:17-25

17AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872sentH7971them tospyלָת֖וּרla.TurH8446outH7971thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,GetH5927youH7971upH5927thiswayזֶה֙zehH2088by theSouthבַּנֶּ֔גֶבba.Ne.gevH5045, andgoH5927upH5927intoאֲלֵהֶ֗ם'a.le.HemH413themountainsהָהָֽר׃ha.HarH2022:

18andseeוּרְאִיתֶ֥םu.re.'i.TemH7200thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776,whatמַה־mah-H4100it is; and thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that dwelleth therein,whetherH518they bestrongהֶחָזָ֥קhe.cha.ZakH2389or weak,whetherH518they befewהַמְעַ֥טham.'AtH4592ormanyרָֽב׃RavH7227;

19andwhatוּמָ֣הu.MahH4100thelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776is that theydwellיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427in,whetherאִם־'im-H518it begoodהֲטוֹבָ֥הha.to.VahH2896orbadרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451; andwhatוּמָ֣הu.MahH4100citiesהֶֽעָרִ֗יםhe.'a.RimH5892they be that theydwellיוֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427in,whetherאִ֥ם'imH518incampsהַבְּמַֽחֲנִ֖יםha.be.ma.cha.NimH4264, or in strong holds;

20andwhatוּמָ֣הu.MahH4100thelandהָ֠אָרֶץHa.'a.retzH776is,whetherאִם־'im-H518it be fat orleanרָזָ֗הra.ZahH7330,whetherאִם־'im-H518there bewoodעֵץ֙'etzH6086therein, ornotאַ֔יִן'A.yinH369. And be ye of goodcourageוְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔םve.Hit.cha.zak.TemH2388, andbringוּלְקַחְתֶּ֖םu.le.kach.TemH3947of thefruitמִפְּרִ֣יmi.pe.RiH6529of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.NowH3117the time was the time of the firstripegrapesעֲנָבִֽים׃'a.na.VimH6025.

21SoH5927theywentH935upH5927, andspiedH8446outH8446thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776from thewildernessמִמִּדְבַּר־mi.mid.bar-H4057ofZinצִ֥ןtzinH6790untoRehobרְחֹ֖בre.ChoH7340, to theenteringH935in ofHamathחֲמָֽת׃cha.MatH2574.

22And theywentH935upוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927by theSouthבַנֶּגֶב֮va.ne.GevH5045, andcameH935untoHebronחֶבְרוֹן֒chev.rOnH2275; andAhimanאֲחִימַן֙'a.chi.ManH289,Sheshaiשֵׁשַׁ֣יshe.ShaiH8344, andTalmaiוְתַלְמַ֔יve.tal.MaiH8526, thechildrenH1129ofAnakהָעֲנָ֑קha.'a.NakH6061, were there. (NowH935Hebronוְחֶבְר֗וֹןve.chev.RonH2275wasbuiltH1129sevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440Zoanצֹ֥עַןTzo.'anH6814inEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.)

23And theycameH935unto thevalleyנַ֣חַלNa.chalH5158ofEshcolאֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל'esh.KolH812, andcutוַיִּכְרְת֨וּvai.yikh.re.TuH3772downH3772from thence abranchזְמוֹרָה֙ze.mo.RahH2156with oneclusterוְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹלve.'esh.KolH811ofgrapesעֲנָבִים֙'a.na.VimH6025, and they bare ituponH935a staffbetweenעַד־'ad-H5704twoבִּשְׁנָ֑יִםbish.Na.yimH8147; theybroughtH935also of thepomegranatesהָרִמֹּנִ֖יםha.ri.mo.NimH7416, and of thefigsהַתְּאֵנִֽים׃ha.te.'e.NimH8384.

24Thatplaceלַמָּק֣וֹםla.ma.KomH4725wascalledקָרָ֖אka.Ra'H7121thevalleyנַ֣חַלNa.chalH5158ofEshcolאֶשְׁכּ֑וֹל'esh.KolH812,becauseעַ֚ל'alH5921of theclusterהָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹלha.'esh.KolH811whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478cutכָּרְת֥וּka.re.TuH3772downH3772from thence.

25And theyreturnedוַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725fromspyingH8446outH8446thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776at theendמִקֵּ֖ץmi.KetzH7093offortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705daysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

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