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Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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וּלְכֹהֵ֥ןulekhohenand to priestכֹּהֵןconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and to priest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanMidianמִדְיָןnoun, proper name — “Midian”H4080Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendantsMidian, Midianite.שֶׁ֣בַעshevasevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).בָּנ֑וֹתbanotdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.וַתָּבֹ֣אנָהvatavonahand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “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,…וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָהvatidlenahand drawדָּלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and draw”, the next action in the storyH1802properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliverdraw (out), [idiom] enough, lift up.וַתְּמַלֶּ֨אנָה֙vatmalenahand be at an endמָלֵאconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and be at an end”, the next action in the storyH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…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).הָ֣רְהָטִ֔יםharehatimthe galleryרַהַטdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the gallery”, the ordinary formH7298a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)gallery, gutter, trough.לְהַשְׁק֖וֹתlehashqotto cause to drinkשָׁקָהpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to cause to drink”, the to-form of the verbH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).צֹ֥אןtsonflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).אֲבִיהֶֽןavihenfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Young’s Literal Translation

And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,

World English Bible

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Darby Translation

And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

Douay-Rheims

And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father’s flocks.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the priest of Madiam had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jothor; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jothor.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τῷ δὲ ἱερεῖ Μαδιὰμ ἦσαν ἑπτὰ θυγατέρες, ποιμαίνουσαι τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν Ἰοθόρ· παραγενόμεναι δὲ ἤντλουν, ἕως ἔπλησαν τὰς δεξαμενάς, ποτίσαι τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν Ἰοθόρ.