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1 Kings 18:35

In 1 Kings 18 of 1 Kings.

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

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וַיֵּלְכ֣וּvayelekhvand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…הַמַּ֔יִםhamayimthe waterמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).סָבִ֖יבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “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.לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַlamizbechato altarמִזְבֵּחַpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.וְגַ֥םvegamand alsoגַּםconjunction, particle, affirmation — “and also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.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).הַתְּעָלָ֖הhatalahthe conduitתְּעָלָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the conduit”, the ordinary formH8585a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound)conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, watercourse.מִלֵּאmilebe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

World English Bible

The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

Darby Translation

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Douay-Rheims

And the water run round about the altar, and the trench was filled with water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ διεπορεύετο τὸ ὕδωρ κύκλῳ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ἔπλησαν ὕδατος.

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