King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:4

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

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וַיָּבֵ֥אvayaveand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…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).הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםhakohanimthe priestכֹּהֵןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).הַלְוִיִּ֑םhalviyimthe Leviiteלֵוִיִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖םvayaasfemand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…לִרְח֥וֹבlirchovto broad placeרְחֹבpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to broad place”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7339a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or areabroad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).הַמִּזְרָֽחhamizrachthe eastמִזְרָחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the east”, the ordinary formH4217sunrise, i.e. the easteast (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

Young’s Literal Translation

and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.

World English Bible

He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,

Darby Translation

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them into the open place eastward;

Douay-Rheims

And he brought the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the east street.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰσήγαγε τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τοὺς Λευίτας, καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ κλίτος τὸ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς,