King James Version

2 Chronicles 34:6

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

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וּבְעָרֵ֨יuveareand in cityעִירconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and in city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מְנַשֶּׁ֧הmenashehManassehמְנַשֶּׁהnoun, proper name — “Manasseh”H4519Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryManasseh.וְאֶפְרַ֛יִםveefrayimand Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Ephraim”H669Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryEphraim, Ephraimites.וְשִׁמְע֖וֹןveshimonand Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Simeon”H8095Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himSimeon.וְעַדveadand evenעַדconjunction, preposition — “and even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.נַפְתָּלִ֑יnaftaliNaphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnoun, proper name — “Naphtali”H5321Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territoryNaphtali.בהרvhrin hillהַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.בתיהםvtyhmfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖םbecharvoteyhemin knifeחֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.סָבִֽיבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their axes round about.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

Young’s Literal Translation

and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.

World English Bible

He did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.

Darby Translation

And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about;

Douay-Rheims

And in the cities of Manasses, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Nephtali he demolished all.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their axes round about.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he did so in the cities of Manasse, and Ephraim, and Symeon, and Nephthali, and the places round about them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐν πόλεσι Μανασσῆ, καὶ Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ Συμεὼν, καὶ Νεφθαλὶ, καὶ τοῖς τόποις αὐτῶν κύκλῳ.