King James Version

2 Samuel 10:15

And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

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וַיַּ֣רְאvayarand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and see”, the next action in the storyH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…אֲרָ֔םaramAramאֲרָםnoun, proper name — “Aram”H758Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an IsraeliteAram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…נִגַּ֖ףnigafbeatנָגַףverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “beat”, a completed actionH5062to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.לִפְנֵ֣יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.וַיֵּאָסְפ֖וּvayeasefvand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…יָֽחַדyachadalikeיַחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alike”, the ordinary formH3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And when the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Aram seeth that it is smitten before Israel, and they are gathered together;

World English Bible

When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

Darby Translation

And when the Syrians saw that they were routed before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

Douay-Rheims

Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And when the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Syrians saw that they were worsted before Israel, and they gathered themselves together.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶδε Συρία ὅτι ἔπτάισεν ἔμπροσθεν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.