Numbers Chapter 13

Spies sent out

13:1 AND YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, saying,
13:2 You send men, so that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel of every tribe of their fathers shall ya’ll send a man, every one a ruler among them.
13:3 And Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here by the commandment of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here sent them from the wildernessמִדְבָּר
Transliteration: miḏbār Pronunciation; mid-bawr’ desert, south, speech, wilderness For more info click here of Paran all those men [were] heads of the sons of Israel.
13:4 And these [were] their names of the tribe of Reubenרְאוּבֵן
or Reuven Standard Rəʾūven, meaning “behold, a son”. he was the first of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob’s oldest son) For more info click here, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
13:5 Of the tribe of Simeonשמעון
(/ˈsɪmiən/) is a given name (Biblical Šimʿon, Tiberian Šimʿôn), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. It is a cognate of the name Simon “he has heard” For more info click here, Shaphat the son of Hori.
13:6 Of the tribe of Judahיְהוּדָה‎
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah For more info click here, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
13:7 Of the tribe of Issacharיִשָּׂשכָר‎
Modern: Yīssaḵar, Tiberian: Yīśśāḵār, “There is reward” the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob’s ninth son) For more info click here, Igal the son of Josephיוֹסֵף‎
Yosef Meaning: Jehovah shall add, God will add, taken away or praise, fame taken away. For more info click here.
13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraimאֶפְרַיִם‎
(/ˈiːfriːəm/;ʾEp̄rayīm, in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם‎ ʾEp̄rāyīm). The Book of Genesis related the name “Ephraim” to the Hebrew root פָּרָה (pārā), meaning “to be fruitful”. This referring to Joseph’s ability to produce sons, specifically while in Egypt (termed by the Torah as the land of his affliction). The name Ephraim can therefore be translated as “I will be fruitful”, with the prefix of aleph (א‎) indicating the first person, singular, future tense For more info click here, Oshea the son of Nun.
13:9 Of the tribe of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִי
Bīnyāmīn Meaning: “Son of (the) right” or “Son of My right hand” was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob’s thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) For more info click here, Palti the son of Raphu.
13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulunזְבֻלוּן/זְבוּלֻן/זְבוּלוּן‎
Modern: Zəvūlūn) he name is derived from the Northwest Semitic root zbl, common in 2nd millennium BCE Ugaritic texts as an epithet (title) of the god Baal, as well as in Phoenician and (frequently) in Biblical Hebrew in personal names. For more info click here, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
13:11 Of the tribe of Josephיוֹסֵף‎
Yosef Meaning: Jehovah shall add, God will add, taken away or praise, fame taken away. For more info click here, [namely], of the tribe of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁה
/məˈnæsə/; Mənaššé, “Forgetter”; Greek: Μανασσῆς Manasses; The eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh, the tribe descended from Manasseh, the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh, son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile, a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra, a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra. For more info click here, Gaddi the son of Susi.
13:12 Of the tribe of Danדָּן
Dān, “judgment” or “he judged”) was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob’s fifth son). His mother, Bilhah, was Rachel’s handmaid, who becomes one of Jacob’s concubines. For more info click here, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13:13 Of the tribe of Asherאָשֵׁר
’Āšēr), was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob’s eighth son). The text of the Torah states that the name of Asher means “happy” or “blessing”, implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher in two variations—beoshri (meaning in my good fortune). For more info click here, Sethur the son of Michael.
13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִי‎
(/ˈnæftəlaɪ/ Modern: Naftalī, Tiberian: Nap̄tālī, “my struggle”) was the sixth son of Jacob, the second of his two sons with Bilhah. He was the founder of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali. For more info click here, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
13:15 Of the tribe of Gadגָּד‎
Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, “luck/fortunate”) was, the first of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob’s seventh son) and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Gad. For more info click here, Geuel the son of Machi.
13:16 These [are] the names of the men which Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here sent to spy out the land. And Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
13:17 And Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, You get up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain
13:18 And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that stay in it, whether they [are] strong or weak, few or many ;
13:19 And what the land [is] that they stay in, whether it [is] good or bad ; and what cities that they stay in, whether in tents, or in strong holds ;
13:20 And what the land [is], whether it [is] fat or lean, whether there is wood in it, or not. And ya’ll be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time [was] the time of the first-fruits grapes.

The spies journey and report

13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wildernessמִדְבָּר
Transliteration: miḏbār Pronunciation; mid-bawr’ desert, south, speech, wilderness For more info click here of Zin to Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebronחֶבְרוֹן
Ḥevrōn is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, 19 mi south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 3,050 ft above sea level.The city is often considered one of the four holy cities in Judaism as well as in Islam. ; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, [were].(Now Hebronחֶבְרוֹן
Ḥevrōn is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, 19 mi south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 3,050 ft above sea level.The city is often considered one of the four holy cities in Judaism as well as in Islam. was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
13:23 And they came to the river (or valley) of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff ; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
13:24 The place was called the river (or valley) Eshcol , because of the cluster of grapes which the sons of Israel cut down from there.
13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
13:26 And they went and came to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, and to Aaronאַהֲרוֹן
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wildernessמִדְבָּר
Transliteration: miḏbār Pronunciation; mid-bawr’ desert, south, speech, wilderness For more info click here of Paran, to Kadesh ; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and shown them the fruit of the land.
13:27 And they told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us, and it surely flows with milk and honey ; and this [is] the fruit of it.
13:28 However the people [are] strong that stay in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great and also we saw the sons of Anak there.
13:29 The Amalekites stay in the land of the south and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, stay in the mountains and the Canaanites stay by the sea, and by the coast of the Jordan.
13:30 And Caleb silenced the people before Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people ; for they [are] stronger than we.
13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched to the sons of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eats up the inhabitants of it; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.
13:33 And there we saw the Rephaimרְפָאִים‎
Transliteration: rᵊp̄ā’îm Pronunciation: raw-faw’eem – giants, Rephaim For more info click here , the sons of Anak, [which come] from the Rephaimרְפָאִים‎
Transliteration: rᵊp̄ā’îm Pronunciation: raw-faw’eem – giants, Rephaim For more info click here and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.