King James Version

Numbers 13:21

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

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וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּvayaalvand ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…וַיָּתֻ֣רוּvayaturvand chapתּוּרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and chap”, the next action in the storyH8446to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitringchap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִמִּדְבַּרmimidbarfrom desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from desert”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.צִ֥ןtsinZinצִןnoun, proper name — “Zin”H6790Tsin, a part of the DesertZin.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.רְחֹ֖בrechovRehobרְחֹבnoun, proper name — “Rehob”H7340Rechob, the name of a place in Syria, also of a Syrian and an IsraeliteRehob.לְבֹ֥אlevoto comeבּוֹאnoun, proper name — “to come”H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…חֲמָֽתchamatHamathחֲמָתnoun, proper name — “Hamath”H2574Chamath, a place in SyriaHamath, Hemath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath;

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.

Douay-Rheims

The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Æmath.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀναβάντες κατεσκέψαντο τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρήμου Σὶν ἕως Ῥοὸβ, εἰσπορευομένων Αἰμάθ.