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Genesis 18:4

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

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יֻקַּֽחyuqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal passive, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a wish or indirect commandH3947to 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.נָ֣אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.מְעַטmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “little”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.מַ֔יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וְרַחֲצ֖וּverachatsvand batheרָחַץconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and bathe”, a commandH7364to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)bathe (self), wash (self).רַגְלֵיכֶ֑םragleykhemfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּvehishaanvand leanשָׁעַןconjunction, verb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and lean”, a commandH8172to support one's selflean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.תַּ֥חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.הָעֵֽץhaetsthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.

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American Standard Version (1901)

let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Young’s Literal Translation

let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;

World English Bible

Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Darby Translation

Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Douay-Rheims

But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ληφθήτω δὴ ὕδωρ, καὶ νιψάτωσαν τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν, καὶ καταψύξατε ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον.