King James Version

1 Chronicles 11:1

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּvayiqavetsvand assembleקָבַץconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and assemble”, the next action in the storyH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.כָֽלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).דָּוִ֖ידdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.חֶבְר֣וֹנָהchevronahHebronחֶבְרוֹןnoun, proper name, directional ending — “Hebron”H2275Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesHebron.לֵאמֹ֑רlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הִנֵּ֛הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.עַצְמְךָ֥atsmekhabodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖uvesarekhaand bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.אֲנָֽחְנוּanachenvweאֲנַחְנוּpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “we”H587weourselves, us, we.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Young’s Literal Translation

And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh [are] we;

World English Bible

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Darby Translation

And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Douay-Rheims

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦλθε πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Δαυὶδ ἐν Χεβρὼν, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ ὀστᾶ σου καὶ σάρκες σου ἡμεῖς,