King James Version

2 Kings 24:11

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

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וַיָּבֹ֛אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to 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,…נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רnevukhadnetsarNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרnoun, proper name — “Nebuchadnezzar”H5019Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of BabylonNebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar.מֶֽלֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.בָּבֶ֖לbavelBabelבָּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babel”H894Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireBabel, Babylon.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,…הָעִ֑ירhairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a 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.וַעֲבָדָ֖יוvaavadayvand servantעֶבֶדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.צָרִ֥יםtsarimadversaryצוּרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH6696to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.עָלֶֽיהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;

Young’s Literal Translation

and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it,

World English Bible

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,

Darby Translation

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

Douay-Rheims

And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came to the city with his servants to assault it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰσῆλθε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς πόλιν, καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπʼ αὐτήν.