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Deuteronomy 1:28

“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָןʼân · awn
H575 · Hebrew

Definition: where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
Derivation: or אָנָה; contracted from H370 (אַיִן);
KJV renderings: [phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).
Grammar: אָנָ֣ה — adverb
Code HD
Usage: Occurs 43 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 16:8 Genesis 32:18 Genesis 37:30 Exodus 16:28 Numbers 14:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָן here.

Verse 27 Verse 29

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.