King James Version

1 Samuel 14:23

So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

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וַיּ֧וֹשַׁעvayoshaand be safeיָשַׁעconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be safe”, the next action in the storyH3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor[idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.יְהוָ֛הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בַּיּ֥וֹםbayomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הַה֖וּאhahuthe as for herהוּאdefinite article, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “the as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.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).יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.וְהַ֨מִּלְחָמָ֔הvehamilchamahand the battleמִלְחָמָהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).עָבְרָ֖הaverahalienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…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).בֵּ֥יתbeytBeth-avenבֵּית אָוֶןnoun, proper name — “Beth-aven”H1007Beth-Aven, a place in PalestineBeth-aven.אָֽוֶןavenBeth-avenבֵּית אָוֶןnoun, proper name — “Beth-aven”H1007Beth-Aven, a place in PalestineBeth-aven.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed on as far as Beth-aven.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

World English Bible

So Yahweh saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over beyond Beth-Aven.

Douay-Rheims

And the Lord saved Israel that day. And the fight went on as far as Bethaven.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed on as far as Beth-aven.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the battle extended itself to every city in the mount Ephraim.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἔσωσε Κύριος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τὸν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ὁ πόλεμος διῆλθε τὴν Βαμώθ· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἦν μετὰ Σαοὺλ ὡς δέκα χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν. Καὶ ἦν ὁ πόλεμος διεσπαρμένος εἰς ὅλην πόλιν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Ἐφραίμ.