King James Version

1 Samuel 17:16

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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וַיִּגַּ֥שׁvayigashand bringנָגַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring”, the next action in the storyH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יhaplishtithe Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhashkemup, rise up) earlyשָׁכַםverb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “up, rise up) early”, the verb used for emphasisH7925literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning(arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.וְהַעֲרֵ֑בvehaarevand eveningעָרַבconjunction, verb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “and evening”, the verb used for emphasisH6150to grow dusky at sundownbe darkened, (toward) evening.וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖בvayityatsevand present selvesיָצַבconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and present selves”, the next action in the storyH3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continuepresent selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).אַרְבָּעִ֥יםarbaimfortyאַרְבָּעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.יֽוֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “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…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.

World English Bible

The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Darby Translation

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Douay-Rheims

Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and stood up forty days.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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