King James Version

1 Chronicles 11:8

And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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וַיִּ֤בֶןvayivenand buildבָּנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and build”, the next action in the storyH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.הָעִיר֙hairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מִסָּבִ֔יבmisavivfrom aboutסָבִיבpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַמִּלּ֖וֹאhamilothe Millo. See also H1037מִלּוֹאdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Millo. See also H1037”H4407a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadelMillo. See also H1037 (בֵּית מִלּוֹא).וְעַדveadand evenעַדconjunction, preposition — “and even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.הַסָּבִ֑יבhasavivthe aboutסָבִיבdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.וְיוֹאָ֕בveyoavand Joabיוֹאָבconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Joab”H3097Joab, the name of three IsraelitesJoab.יְחַיֶּ֖הyechayehliveחָיָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁאָ֥רshearremnantשְׁאָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “remnant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7605a remainder[idiom] other, remnant, residue, rest.הָעִֽירhairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city.

World English Bible

He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Darby Translation

And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.

Douay-Rheims

And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he fortified the city round about.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν πόλιν κύκλῳ.

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