Bilangan 13:30
Konteks13:30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, “Let us go up 1 and occupy it, 2 for we are well able to conquer it.” 3
Bilangan 32:7
Konteks32:7 Why do you frustrate the intent 4 of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the Lord has given them?
Bilangan 32:12
Konteks32:12 except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’
[13:30] 1 tn The construction is emphatic, using the cohortative with the infinitive absolute to strengthen it: עָלֹה נַעֲלֶה (’aloh na’aleh, “let us go up”) with the sense of certainty and immediacy.
[13:30] 2 tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive brings the cohortative idea forward: “and let us possess it”; it may also be subordinated to form a purpose or result idea.
[13:30] 3 tn Here again the confidence of Caleb is expressed with the infinitive absolute and the imperfect tense: יָכוֹל נוּכַל (yakhol nukhal), “we are fully able” to do this. The verb יָכַל (yakhal) followed by the preposition lamed means “to prevail over, to conquer.”