King James Version

2 Samuel 24:8

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

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וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּvayashutvand marinerשׁוּטconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and mariner”, the next action in the storyH7751properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travelgo (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.בְּכָלbekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in 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).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַיָּבֹ֜אוּvayavovand 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,…מִקְצֵ֨הmiqtsehfrom borderקָצֶהpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7097an extremity[idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).תִשְׁעָ֧הtishahnineתֵּשַׁעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “nine”, the ordinary formH8672nine or (ordinal) ninthnine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).חֳדָשִׁ֛יםchodashimmonthחֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםveesrimand twentyעֶשְׂרִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).י֖וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםyerushalimJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםnoun, proper name — “Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

World English Bible

So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Darby Translation

And they went through all the land, and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Douay-Rheims

And having gone through the whole land, after nine months and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they compassed the whole land; and they arrived at Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ περιώδευσαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· καὶ παρεγένοντο ἀπὸ τέλους ἐννέα μηνῶν καὶ εἴκοσι ἡμερῶν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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