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וְהִנֵּ֛הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.נָפְל֥וּnafelvfallנָפַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּavoteynvfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.בֶּחָ֑רֶבbecharevin knifeחֶרֶבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in knife”, the ordinary formH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.וּבָנֵ֨ינוּuvaneynvand sonבֵּןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and 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, […וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּuvenoteynvand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּvenasheynvand eachאִשָּׁהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.בַּשְּׁבִ֖יbashviin captiveשְׁבִיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in captive”, the ordinary formH7628exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, bootycaptive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…זֹֽאתzotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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American Standard Version (1901)
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Young’s Literal Translation
And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this.
World English Bible
For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Darby Translation
And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Douay-Rheims
Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now.
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