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2 Kings 6:4

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

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וַיֵּ֖לֶךְvayelekhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…אִתָּ֑םitamamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙vayavovand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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,…הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָהhayardenahthe Jordanיַרְדֵּןdefinite article, noun, proper name, directional ending — “the Jordan”H3383Jarden, the principal river of PalestineJordan.וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּvayigzervand cut downגָּזַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cut down”, the next action in the storyH1504to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decidecut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.הָעֵצִֽיםhaetsimthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,

World English Bible

So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

Darby Translation

And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.

Douay-Rheims

So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan they cut down wood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπορεύθη μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ ἔτεμνον τὰ ξύλα.

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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