King James Version

2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

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וַיָּ֥מָתvayamatand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…אֱלִישָׁ֖עelishaElishaאֱלִישָׁעnoun, proper name — “Elisha”H477Elisha, the famous prophetElisha.וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּvayiqberuhvand buryקָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bury”, the next action in the storyH6912to inter[idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).וּגְדוּדֵ֥יugedudeand armyגְּדוּדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and army”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1416a crowd (especially of soldiers)army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).מוֹאָ֛בmoavMoabמוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Moab”H4124Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsMoab.יָבֹ֥אוּyavovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to 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,…בָאָ֖רֶץvaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.בָּ֥אbato comeבּוֹאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “to come”, a verb used as a describing wordH935to 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,…שָׁנָֽהshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Elisha dieth, and they bury him, and troops of Moab come in to the land, at the coming in of the year,

World English Bible

Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

Darby Translation

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

Douay-Rheims

And Eliseus died, and they buried him. And the rovers from Moab came into the land the same year.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Elisaie died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites came into the land, at the beginning of the year.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἑλισαιὲ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτόν· καὶ μονόζωνοι Μωὰβ ἦλθον ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐλθόντος τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ.