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Deuteronomy 29:11

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Deuteronomy 29:10.

טַפְּכֶ֣םtapkhemchildrenטַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “children”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2945a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)(little) children (ones), families.נְשֵׁיכֶ֔םnesheykhemeachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔vegerekhaand alienגֵּרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and alien”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigneralien, sojourner, stranger.אֲשֶׁ֖רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בְּקֶ֣רֶבbeqerevin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…מַחֲנֶ֑יךָmachaneykhaarmyמַחֲנֶהnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “army”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.מֵחֹטֵ֣בmechotevfrom polishחָטַבpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “from polish”, a verb used as a describing wordH2404to chop or carve woodcut down, hew(-er), polish.עֵצֶ֔יךָetseykhatreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.עַ֖דadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.שֹׁאֵ֥בshoevdrawשָׁאַבverb, qal, participle, construct — “draw”, a verb used as a describing wordH7579to bale up water(woman to) draw(-er, water).מֵימֶֽיךָmeymeykhawaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(29-10) your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

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American Standard Version (1901)

your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

Young’s Literal Translation

your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who [is] in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water —

World English Bible

your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,

Darby Translation

your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, as well the hewer of thy wood as the drawer of thy water;

Douay-Rheims

Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(29-10) your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye all stand to-day before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὑμεῖς ἑστήκατε πάντες σήμερον ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν, οἱ ἀρχίφυλοι ὑμῶν, καὶ ἡ γερουσία ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ κριταὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ γραμματοεισαγωγεῖς ὑμῶν, πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰσραήλ,