King James Version
Numbers 14:6 in the King James Version says “And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:”
Numbers 14:6 · KJV
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“which were of them that searched”
H8446to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“rent”
H7167to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
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