King James Version

1 Samuel 13:23

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

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וַיֵּצֵא֙vayetseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מַצַּ֣בmatsavgarrisonמַצָּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “garrison”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4673a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military postgarrison, station, place where...stood.פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpelishtimPhilistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיnoun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.אֶֽלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).מַעֲבַ֖רmaavarfordמַעֲבָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “ford”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4569a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelmingford, place where...pass, passage.מִכְמָֽשׂmikhmasMikmasמִכְמָסnoun, proper name — “Mikmas”H4363Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in PalestineMikmas, Mikmash.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.

World English Bible

The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

Darby Translation

And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

Douay-Rheims

And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ ὑποστάσεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τὴν ἐν τῷ πέραν Μαχμάς.