Deuteronomy 1:28
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, ‘The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there!’”This verse in the real world
In what words
- מָסַסmâçaçto liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
- בָּצַרbâtsarto gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
- רוּםrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- לֵבָבlêbâbthe heart (as the most interior organ);
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 13:28–33, Deu 9:1–2, Jdg 1:20, Jos 11:22, Jos 14:8, 2Sa 21:16–22, Jos 15:14, Jos 2:11