Numbers 14:38:9Num.14.38.W9TAB
לָת֥וּר
latur
“to spy out”
- Transliteration
- la-TUR
- Extended
- laa-TOOR
- IPA
- /laˈtuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to spy out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-TUR
- phraseyour reading level
la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- clause
kha-YU min-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM ha-hol-KHIM la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH kha-YU min-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM ha-hol-KHIM la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The restrictive prepositional phrase min-hā-ʾănāšîm hā-hêm {מִן־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם | min-hā-ʾănā-šîm hā-hêm} ‘from among those men’ limits the subject set, while the participle ha-hō-lĕ-kîm lā-tūr ʾet hā-ʾā-reṣ {הַהֹלְכִים לָת֥וּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ | ha-hō-lĕ-kîm lā-tūr ʾet hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘going to spy out the land’ serves as a purpose clause modifying “those men.” In translation, preserving the coordinate structure honors the Hebrew emphasis on the two survivors, and explicitly marking exclusivity reflects the force of the מִן-construction.
Root and etymology
RootTav-Vav-Resh
“to seek out”
In context — Numbers 14:38
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive from among those men who went to scout the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:38:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:38, so the Hebrew word לָת֥וּר (latur) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.14.38.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.38.W9.S1) and character.