Parashas Shelach · Side page (TT silent)
And Moshe sent them from the wilderness of Paran by the mouth of Hashem; all of them were men, heads of the children of Israel were they.
Rashi on Numbers 13:3 — כֻּלָּם אֲנָשִׁים.
English: Wherever “men” is used in Scripture it is a term of importance; and at that hour they were still worthy.
Language of אנשים as status.
TT is silent here; Rashi fills the gap: the spies began as distinguished, fit men — their fall is measured against that starting worthiness.