King James Version

Exodus 8:14

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Exodus 8:10.

וַיִּצְבְּר֥וּvayitsbervand gatherצָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and gather”, the next action in the storyH6651to aggregategather (together), heap (up), lay up.אֹתָ֖םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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).חֳמָרִ֣םchomarimclayחֹמֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “clay”, the ordinary formH2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measureclay, heap, homer, mire, motion.חֳמָרִ֑םchomarimclayחֹמֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “clay”, the ordinary formH2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measureclay, heap, homer, mire, motion.וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁvativashand be abhorredבָּאַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be abhorred”, the next action in the storyH887to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(8-10) And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.

World English Bible

They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

Darby Translation

And they gathered them in heaps; and the land stank.

Douay-Rheims

And they gathered them together into immense heaps, and the land was corrupted.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(8-10) And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συνήγαγον αὐτοὺς, θημωνίας θημωνίας· καὶ ὤζεσεν ἡ γῆ.