King James Version

1 Samuel 8:4

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

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וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּvayitqabtsvand assembleקָבַץconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and assemble”, the next action in the storyH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.כֹּ֖לkolallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).זִקְנֵ֣יziqneoldזָקֵןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “old”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2205oldaged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.וַיָּבֹ֥אוּvayavovand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “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).שְׁמוּאֵ֖לshemuelShemuelשְׁמוּאֵלnoun, proper name — “Shemuel”H8050Shemuel, the name of three IsraelitesSamuel, Shemuel.הָרָמָֽתָהharamatahthe Ramahרָמָהdefinite article, noun, proper name, directional ending — “the Ramah”H7414Ramah, the name of four places in PalestineRamah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

Young’s Literal Translation

And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,

World English Bible

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.

Darby Translation

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

Douay-Rheims

Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συναθροίζονται ἄνδρες Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ παραγίνονται εἰς ʼΑρμαθαὶμ πρὸς Σαμουὴλ,