King James Version

1 Chronicles 11:17

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

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ויתאוvytvand covetאָוָהconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and covet”, the next action in the storyH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).וַיִּתְאָ֥יוvayitayvand covetאָוָהconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and covet”, the next action in the storyH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).דָּוִ֖ידdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.וַיֹּאמַ֑רvayomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to 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…מִ֚יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יַשְׁקֵ֣נִיyashqenicause to drinkשָׁקָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “cause to drink”, an unfinished actionH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).מַ֔יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מִבּ֥וֹרmiborfrom cisternבּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from cistern”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.בֵּֽיתbeytBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםnoun, proper name — “Bethlehem”H1035Beth-Lechem, a place in PalestineBethlehem.לֶ֖חֶםlechemBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםnoun, proper name — “Bethlehem”H1035Beth-Lechem, a place in PalestineBethlehem.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בַּשָּֽׁעַרbashaarin doorשַׁעַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And David longed, and said: 'Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

Young’s Literal Translation

and David longeth, and saith, 'Who doth give me to drink water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that [is] at the gate!'

World English Bible

David longed, and said, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

Darby Translation

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

Douay-Rheims

And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And David longed, and said: 'Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethleem, that is in the gate?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπεθύμησε Δαυὶδ, καὶ εἶπε, τίς ποτιεῖ με ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ;