King James Version

Exodus 17:8

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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וַיָּבֹ֖אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to 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,…עֲמָלֵ֑קamaleqAmalekעֲמָלֵקnoun, proper name — “Amalek”H6002Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their countryAmalek.וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםvayilachemand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and devour”, the next action in the storyH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “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).יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בִּרְפִידִֽםbirfidimin Rephidimרְפִידִיםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Rephidim”H7508Rephidim, a place in the DesertRephidim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim,

World English Bible

Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Darby Translation

And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Douay-Rheims

And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἦλθε δὲ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ἐπολέμει Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ῥαφιδείν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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