Numbers 13:2
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
תּוּר
tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כְּנַעַן
Kᵉnaʻan
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוּר tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
Study H8446 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and offic...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the co...
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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