The Meaning of Numbers 13:22 Explained

Numbers 13:22

KJV: And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

YLT: and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there are Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),

Darby: And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they ascended  by the south,  and came  unto Hebron;  where Ahiman,  Sheshai,  and Talmai,  the children  of Anak,  [were]. (Now Hebron  was built  seven  years  before  Zoan  in Egypt.  ) 

What does Numbers 13:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 13:21-33 - The Majority And Minority Reports
It was August. Eshcol lay southeast of Hebron. Its sloping hills were covered with choice grapevines, the clusters of which weighed ten to twelve pounds. The tall, muscular Canaanites presented a strong contrast to the more diminutive Egyptians. The spies compared the Canaanites with themselves, instead of with Almighty God. Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumstances through God. There is no land worth possessing which has not its giants; but, like Caleb, faith looks not at giants, but to the living God. See Numbers 14:8. The doubters said Can God? Caleb affirmed, God can! Only follow God fully! Be utterly yielded to Him. Present yourself to God as alive from the dead, and eternally united to the living Christ; then He will bruise Satan under your feet and make you tread upon the lion and adder, Psalms 91:13; Romans 16:20. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 13

1  The names of the men who were sent to search the land
17  Their instructions
21  Their acts
26  Their relation

What do the individual words in Numbers 13:22 mean?

And they went up through the Negev and came to Hebron and [were] there Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai the descendants of Anak and Hebron seven years was built before Zoan in Egypt
וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בַנֶּגֶב֮ וַיָּבֹ֣א עַד־ חֶבְרוֹן֒ וְשָׁ֤ם אֲחִימַן֙ שֵׁשַׁ֣י וְתַלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָ֑ק וְחֶבְר֗וֹן שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ נִבְנְתָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י צֹ֥עַן מִצְרָֽיִם

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ  And  they  went  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
בַנֶּגֶב֮  through  the  Negev 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
וַיָּבֹ֣א  and  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
חֶבְרוֹן֒  Hebron 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹון 
Sense: a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar.
וְשָׁ֤ם  and  [were]  there 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
אֲחִימַן֙  Ahiman 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲחִימַן  
Sense: a son of Anak.
שֵׁשַׁ֣י  Sheshai 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשַׁי  
Sense: son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan.
וְתַלְמַ֔י  and  Talmai 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, proper
Root: תַּלְמַי  
Sense: one of the 3 sons of the giant Anak who were slain by the men of Judah.
יְלִידֵ֖י  the  descendants  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יָלִיד  
Sense: born.
הָעֲנָ֑ק  Anak 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲנׄוק  
Sense: progenitor of a family, tribe, or race of giant people in Canaan.
וְחֶבְר֗וֹן  and  Hebron 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹון 
Sense: a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar.
שֶׁ֤בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
שָׁנִים֙  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
נִבְנְתָ֔ה  was  built 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
לִפְנֵ֖י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
צֹ֥עַן  Zoan 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צֹעַן  
Sense: an ancient city of lower Egypt called Tanis by the Greeks; located on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile; the capital of the Shepherd dynasty, built 7 years after Hebron and existing before Abraham and the dwelling place of the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus.
מִצְרָֽיִם  in  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.