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2 Chronicles 25:12

And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

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וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתvaaseretand tenעֶשֶׂרconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “and ten”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.אֲלָפִ֜יםalafimthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.חַיִּ֗יםchayimlifeחַיadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.שָׁבוּ֙shavvcaptiveשָׁבָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “captive”, a completed actionH7617to transport into captivity(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יְהוּדָ֔הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.וַיְבִיא֖וּםvayviumand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 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,…לְרֹ֣אשׁleroshto headרֹאשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.הַסָּ֑לַעhasalathe rockסֶלַעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the rock”, the ordinary formH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּםvayashlikhumand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and throw”, the next action in the storyH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.מֵֽרֹאשׁmeroshfrom headרֹאשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.הַסֶּ֖לַעhaselathe rockסֶלַעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the rock”, the ordinary formH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.וְכֻלָּ֥םvekhulamand allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and 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).נִבְקָֽעוּnivqavbreak forthבָּקַעverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “break forth”, a completed actionH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the Rock, and cast them down from the top of the Rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they were all broken in pieces.

Young’s Literal Translation

And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.

World English Bible

The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.

Darby Translation

And the children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in pieces.

Douay-Rheims

And other ten thousand men the sons of Juda took, and brought to the steep of a certain rock, and cast them down headlong from the top, and they all were broken to pieces.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the Rock, and cast them down from the top of the Rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the children of Juda took ten thousand prisoners, and they carried them to the top of the precipice, and cast them headlong from the top of the precipice, and they were all dashed to pieces.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ δέκα χιλιάδας ἐζώγρησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἔφερον αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ κρημνοῦ, καὶ κατεκρήμνιζον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄκρου τοῦ κρημνοῦ, καὶ πάντες διεῤῥήγνυντο.