The Meaning of Numbers 13:30 Explained

Numbers 13:30

KJV: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

YLT: And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, 'Let us certainly go up -- and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.'

Darby: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.

ASV: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Caleb  stilled  the people  before Moses,  and said,  Let us go up  at once,  and possess  it; for we are well able  to overcome  it. 

What does Numbers 13:30 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 13:30 mean?

And quieted Caleb - the people before Moses and said at once let us go up and take possession - for well able to we are overcome it
וַיַּ֧הַס כָּלֵ֛ב אֶת־ הָעָ֖ם אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עָלֹ֤ה נַעֲלֶה֙ וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ אֹתָ֔הּ כִּֽי־ יָכ֥וֹל נוּכַ֖ל לָֽהּ

וַיַּ֧הַס  And  quieted 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הַס 
Sense: (Piel) hush, keep silence, be silent, hold peace, hold tongue, still v.
כָּלֵ֛ב  Caleb 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּלֵב 
Sense: the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
אֶל־  before 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מֹשֶׁ֑ה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
עָלֹ֤ה  at  once 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
נַעֲלֶה֙  let  us  go  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ  and  take  possession 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common plural
Root: יָרַשׁ  
Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir.
אֹתָ֔הּ  - 
Parse: Direct object marker, third person feminine singular
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יָכ֥וֹל  well  able  to 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: יָכֹל  
Sense: to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able.
נוּכַ֖ל  we  are  overcome 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: יָכֹל  
Sense: to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able.