King James Version

Exodus 14:6

And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

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וַיֶּאְסֹ֖רvayesorand bindאָסַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bind”, the next action in the storyH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.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).רִכְבּ֑וֹrikhbvomillstoneרֶכֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “millstone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstonechariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).עַמּ֖וֹamvopeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.לָקַ֥חlaqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a completed actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.עִמּֽוֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he made ready his chariots, and took his people with him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

Young’s Literal Translation

And he harnesseth his chariot, and his people he hath taken with him,

World English Bible

He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;

Darby Translation

And he yoked his chariot, and took his people with him.

Douay-Rheims

So he made ready his chariot, and took all his people with him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made ready his chariots, and took his people with him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So Pharao yoked his chariots, and led off all his people with himself:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔζευξεν οὖν Φαραὼ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ συναπήγαγε μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ,