King James Version

1 Chronicles 12:2

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

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נֹ֣שְׁקֵיnosheqekissנָשַׁקverb, qal, participle, construct — “kiss”, a verb used as a describing wordH5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weaponsarmed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.קֶ֗שֶׁתqeshetbowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bow”, the ordinary formH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).מַיְמִינִ֤יםmayminimgo to the right handיָמַןverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “go to the right hand”, a verb used as a describing wordH3231to be right-handed or take the right-hand sidego (turn) to (on, use) the right hand.וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙umasmilimand leftשָׂמַאלconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “and left”, a verb used as a describing wordH8041to use the left hand or pass in that direction)(go, turn) (on the, to the) left.בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔יםbaavanimin stoneאֶבֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וּבַחִצִּ֖יםuvachitsimand in arrowחֵץconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and in arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.בַּקָּ֑שֶׁתbaqashetin bowקֶשֶׁתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in bow”, the ordinary formH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).מֵאֲחֵ֥יmeachefrom brother ; kindredאָחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “from brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.שָׁא֖וּלshaulShaulשָׁאוּלnoun, proper name — “Shaul”H7586Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesSaul, Shaul.מִבִּנְיָמִֽןmibinyaminfrom Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

Young’s Literal Translation

armed with bow, right and left handed, with stones, and with arrows, with bows, of the brethren of Saul, of Benjamin.

World English Bible

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.

Darby Translation

armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; [they were] of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:

Douay-Rheims

Bending the bow, and using either hand in hurling stones with slings, and shooting arrows: of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and using the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and shooters with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τόξῳ ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ ἐκ ἀριστερῶν, καὶ σφενδονῆται ἐν λίθοις καὶ τόξοις· ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν Σαοὺλ ἐκ Βενιαμὶν