King James Version

1 Samuel 13:21

Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

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וְֽהָיְתָ֞הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הַפְּצִ֣ירָהhaptsirahthe bluntnessפְּצִירָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the bluntness”, the ordinary formH6477bluntness[phrase] file.פִ֗יםfimedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “edge”, the ordinary formH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙lamachareshotto mattockמַחֲרֵשָׁהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to mattock”, the ordinary formH4281probably a pick-axemattock.וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔יםvelaetimand to coulterאֵתconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and to coulter”, the ordinary formH855a hoe or other digging implementcoulter, plowshare.וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁvelishloshand to thirdשָׁלוֹשׁconjunction, preposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and to third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).קִלְּשׁ֖וֹןqilshonforkקִלְּשׁוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fork”, the ordinary formH7053a prong, i.e. hay-forkfork.וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑יםulehaqardumimand to the axקַרְדֹּםconjunction, preposition, definite article, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “and to the ax”, the ordinary formH7134an axeax.וּלְהַצִּ֖יבulehatsivand to appointedנָצַבconjunction, preposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “and to appointed”, the to-form of the verbH5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.הַדָּרְבָֽןhadarevanthe goadדׇּרְבוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the goad”, the ordinary formH1861a goadgoad.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.

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American Standard Version (1901)

yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

Young’s Literal Translation

and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

World English Bible

The price was one payim each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.

Darby Translation

when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

Douay-Rheims

So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were valued at three shekels for a ploughshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν ὁ τρυγητὸς ἕτοιμος τοῦ θερίζειν· τὰ δὲ σκεύη ἦν τρεῖς σίκλοι εἰς τὸν ὀδόντα, καὶ τῇ ἀξίνῃ καὶ τῷ δρεπάνῳ ὑπόστασις ἦν ἡ αὐτή.