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2 Samuel 5:21

In 2 Samuel 5 of 2 Samuel.

And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

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וַיַּעַזְבוּvayaazvvand commit selfעָזַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and commit self”, the next action in the storyH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.שָׁ֖םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑םatsabeyhemimageעָצָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “image”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6091an (idolatrous) imageidol, image.וַיִּשָּׂאֵ֥םvayisaemand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…דָּוִ֖דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.וַאֲנָשָֽׁיוvaanashayvand a certainאִישׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.

World English Bible

They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Darby Translation

And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Douay-Rheims

And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ καταλιμπάνουσιν ἐκεῖ τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐλάβοσαν αὐτοὺς Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ.

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