King James Version

2 Kings 19:24

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

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אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.קַ֔רְתִּיqartibreak downקוּרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “break down”, a completed actionH6979to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)break down, cast out, destroy, dig.וְשָׁתִ֖יתִיveshatitiand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and banquet”, a completed actionH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)מַ֣יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).זָרִ֑יםzarimstrangeזוּרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “strange”, the ordinary formH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).וְאַחְרִב֙veachrivand desolateחָרַבconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and desolate”, an unfinished actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.בְּכַףbekhafin hand , -dle,כַּףpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.פְּעָמַ֔יpeamayanvilפַּעַםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anvil”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.כֹּ֖לkolallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).יְאֹרֵ֥יyeoreriverיְאֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “river”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.מָצֽוֹרmatsorbesieged placesמָצוֹרnoun, proper name — “besieged places”H4693Egypt (as the border of Palestine)besieged places, defense, fortified.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

World English Bible

I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”

Darby Translation

I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

Douay-Rheims

I have cut down, and I have drunk strange waters, and have dried up with the soles of my feet all the shut up waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have refreshed myself , and have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of fortified places.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ ἔψυξα καὶ ἔπιον ὕδατα ἀλλότρια, καὶ ἐξερήμωσα τῷ ἴχνει τοῦ ποδός μου πάντας ποταμοὺς περιοχῆς.