King James Version

1 Chronicles 20:8

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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אֵ֛לeltheseאֵלpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H411these or thosethese, those. Compare H428 (אֵלֶּה).נוּלְּד֥וּnuledvbearיָלַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…לְהָרָפָ֖אleharafato the giantרָפָאpreposition, definite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “to the giant”, the ordinary formH7497a giantgiant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא).בְּגַ֑תbegatin Gathגַּתpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Gath”H1661Gath, a Philistine cityGath.וַיִּפְּל֥וּvayiplvand fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and fall”, the next action in the storyH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…בְיַדveyadin handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […דָּוִ֖ידdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.וּבְיַדuveyadand in handיָדconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and in hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […עֲבָדָֽיוavadayvservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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American Standard Version (1901)

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Young’s Literal Translation

These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

World English Bible

These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Darby Translation

These were born to Rapha in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

These were born to Rapha in Geth; all four were giants, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὗτος ἐγένετο Ῥαφὰ ἐν Γέθ· πάντες ἦσαν τέσσαρες γίγαντες, καὶ ἔπεσον ἐν χειρὶ Δαυεὶδ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ παίδων αὐτοῦ.