King James Version

2 Samuel 5:18

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםufelishtimand Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיconjunction, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.בָּ֑אוּbavto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “to come”, a completed actionH935to 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,…וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvayinateshvand let fallנָטַשׁconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and let fall”, the next action in the storyH5203properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemeqin valeעֵמֶקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in vale”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6010a vale (i.e. broad depression)dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025 (בֵּית הָעֵמֶק).רְפָאִֽיםrefaimgiantרָפָאnoun, proper name — “giant”H7497a giantgiant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

World English Bible

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Darby Translation

And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Douay-Rheims

And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι παραγίνονται, καὶ συνέπεσαν εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα τῶν Τιτάνων.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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