And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
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וַיִּקַּח֩vayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֵלִיָּ֨הוּeliyahvElijahאֵלִיָּהnoun, proper name — “Elijah”H452Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesElijah, Eliah.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).אַדַּרְתּ֤וֹadartvogarmentאַדֶּרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “garment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH155something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.וַיִּגְלֹם֙vayiglomand wrap togetherגָּלַםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and wrap together”, the next action in the storyH1563to foldwrap together.וַיַּכֶּ֣הvayakehand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.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).הַמַּ֔יִםhamayimthe waterמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וַיֵּחָצ֖וּvayechatsvand divideחָצָהconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and divide”, the next action in the storyH2673to cut or split in two; to halvedivide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participleהֵ֣נָּהhenahhitherהֵנָּהadverb — “hither”H2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.וָהֵ֑נָּהvahenahand hitherהֵנָּהconjunction, adverb — “and hither”H2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.וַיַּעַבְר֥וּvayaavrvand alienateעָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and alienate”, the next action in the storyH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…שְׁנֵיהֶ֖םsheneyhemtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.בֶּחָרָבָֽהbecharavahin dryחָרָבָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in dry”, the ordinary formH2724a desertdry (ground, land).
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
Young’s Literal Translation
And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth [it] together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land.
World English Bible
Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters; and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.
Darby Translation
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and they two went over on dry ground.
Douay-Rheims
And Elias took his mantle and folded it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they both passed over on dry ground.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And Eliu took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the water: and the water was divided on this side and on that side, and they both went over on dry ground.
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