H9001–/וַ–v

Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

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

and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.

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

So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.

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

They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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

They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [ergänzt: they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

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

They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

They went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and shown them the fruit of the land.

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

They told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us; and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

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

Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

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

They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.

וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

וַנְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

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

All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

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

They said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

If Yahweh delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

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

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;

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