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Deuteronomy 2:3

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

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רַבravaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “abound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…לָכֶ֕םlakhemtoלָכֶ֕םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toסֹ֖בsovbringסָבַבverb, qal, infinitive construct — “bring”, the to-form of the verbH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…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).הָהָ֣רhaharthe hillהַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.הַזֶּ֑הhazehthe the one...the otherזֶהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…פְּנ֥וּpenvappearפָּנָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “appear”, a commandH6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).לָכֶ֖םlakhemtoלָכֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toצָפֹֽנָהtsafonahnorthצָפוֹןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Young’s Literal Translation

Enough to you — is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.

World English Bible

“You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.

Darby Translation

Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Douay-Rheims

You have compassed this mountain long enough: go toward the north:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἱκανούσθω ὑμῖν κυκλούν τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο· ἐπιστράφητε οὖν ἐπὶ Βοῤῥᾶν·