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Ezekiel 38:13

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

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שְׁבָ֡אshevaShebaשְׁבָאnoun, proper name — “Sheba”H7614Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtSheba, Sabeans.וּ֠דְדָןudedanand Dedanדְּדָןconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Dedan”H1719Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territoryDedan.וְסֹחֲרֵ֨יvesochareand merchantסָחַרconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and merchant”, a verb used as a describing wordH5503to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitatego about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁtarshishTarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁnoun, proper name — “Tarshish”H8659Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an IsraeliteTarshish, Tharshish.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).כְּפִרֶ֨יהָ֙kefireyhalionכְּפִירnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “lion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)(young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).יֹאמְר֣וּyomrvsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לְךָ֔lekhatoלְךָ֔preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toהֲלִשְׁלֹ֤לhalishlolto make self a preyשָׁלַלparticle, interrogative, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to make self a prey”, the to-form of the verbH7997to drop or strip; by implication, to plunderlet fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.שָׁלָל֙shalalpreyשָׁלָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “prey”, the ordinary formH7998bootyprey, spoil.אַתָּ֣הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.בָ֔אvato comeבּוֹאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “to come”, a verb used as a describing wordH935to 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,…הֲלָבֹ֥זhalavozto catchבָּזַזparticle, interrogative, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to catch”, the to-form of the verbH962to plundercatch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.בַּ֖זbazbootyבַּזnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “booty”, the ordinary formH957plunderbooty, prey, spoil(-ed).הִקְהַ֣לְתָּhiqhaltaassembleקָהַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “assemble”, a completed actionH6950to convokeassemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).קְהָלֶ֑ךָqehalekhaassemblyקָהָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “assembly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6951assemblage (usually concretely)assembly, company, congregation, multitude.לָשֵׂ֣אתlasetto lift upנָשָׂאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to lift up”, the to-form of the verbH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…כֶּ֣סֶףkesefmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).וְזָהָ֗בvezahavand goldזָהָבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.לָקַ֨חַת֙laqachatto takeלָקַחpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to take”, the to-form of the verbH3947to 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.מִקְנֶ֣הmiqnehcattleמִקְנֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cattle”, the ordinary formH4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisitioncattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.וְקִנְיָ֔ןveqinyanand gettingקִנְיָןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and getting”, the ordinary formH7075creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealthgetting, goods, [idiom] with money, riches, substance.לִשְׁלֹ֖לlishlolto make self a preyשָׁלַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to make self a prey”, the to-form of the verbH7997to drop or strip; by implication, to plunderlet fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.שָׁלָ֥לshalalpreyשָׁלָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “prey”, the ordinary formH7998bootyprey, spoil.גָּדֽוֹלgadolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnates thereof, shall say unto thee: Comest thou to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

Young’s Literal Translation

Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, And all its young lions say to thee: To take a spoil art thou come in? To take a prey assembled thine assembly? To bear away silver and gold? To take away cattle and substance? To take a great spoil?

World English Bible

Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”’

Darby Translation

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to seize a spoil? hast thou gathered thine assemblage to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize a great spoil?

Douay-Rheims

Saba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tharsis, and all the lions thereof shall say to thee: Art thou come to take spoils? behold, thou hast gathered thy multitude to take a prey, to take silver, and gold, and to carry away goods and substance, and to take rich spoils.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sabba, and Dædan, and Carthaginian merchants, and all their villages shall say to thee, Thou art come for plunder to take a prey, and to get spoils: thou hast gathered thy multitude to take silver and gold, to carry off property, to take spoils.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σαββὰ, καὶ Δαιδὰν, καὶ ἔμποροι Καρχηδόνιοι, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν ἐροῦσί σοι, εἰς προνομὴν τοῦ προνομεῦσαι σὺ ἔρχῃ, καὶ σκυλεῦσαι σκῦλα, συνήγαγες συναγωγήν σου λαβεῖν ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, ἀπενέγκασθαι κτῆσιν, τοῦ σκυλεῦσαι σκῦλα.