The Meaning of Numbers 13:28 Explained

Numbers 13:28

KJV: Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

YLT: only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land is strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.

Darby: Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

ASV: Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Nevertheless  the people  [be] strong  that dwell  in the land,  and the cities  [are] walled,  [and] very  great:  and moreover we saw  the children  of Anak  there. 

What does Numbers 13:28 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 13:28 mean?

Nevertheless indeed [are] strong the people who dwell in the land and the cities [are] fortified large [and] very and moreover the descendants of Anak we saw there
אֶ֚פֶס כִּֽי־ עַ֣ז הָעָ֔ם הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים בְּצֻר֤וֹת גְּדֹלֹת֙ מְאֹ֔ד וְגַם־ יְלִדֵ֥י הָֽעֲנָ֖ק רָאִ֥ינוּ שָֽׁם

אֶ֚פֶס  Nevertheless 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֶפֶס 
Sense: ceasing, end, finality.
כִּֽי־  indeed 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
עַ֣ז  [are]  strong 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עַז 
Sense: strong, mighty, fierce.
הָעָ֔ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב  who  dwell 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בָּאָ֑רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים  and  the  cities 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
בְּצֻר֤וֹת  [are]  fortified 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: בָּצַר 
Sense: to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose.
גְּדֹלֹת֙  large 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
מְאֹ֔ד  [and]  very 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
וְגַם־  and  moreover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
יְלִדֵ֥י  the  descendants  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יָלִיד  
Sense: born.
הָֽעֲנָ֖ק  Anak 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲנׄוק  
Sense: progenitor of a family, tribe, or race of giant people in Canaan.
רָאִ֥ינוּ  we  saw 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.