H9001–/וַ–v

After that, the people went on from Hazeroth and put up their tents in the waste land of Paran.

וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.

וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;

וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.

וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.

וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּתֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”

They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cutting down a vine-branch with its grapes, two of them took it on a rod between them; and they took some pomegranates and figs.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.

וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.

וַיֵּלְכ֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׁ֨יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְא֖וּם (וַ) va “and”

And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.

וַיְסַפְּרוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.

וַיַּ֧הַס (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.

וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.

וַנְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

וַתִּשָּׂא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַֽיִּתְּנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

וְהֵבִ֤יא (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתָנָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשָׁמְע֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”