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Genesis 24:20

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

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וַתְּמַהֵ֗רvatmaherand be carried headlongמָהַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be carried headlong”, the next action in the storyH4116properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptlybe carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swi…וַתְּעַ֤רvatarand emptyעָרָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and empty”, the next action in the storyH6168to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolishleave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.כַּדָּהּ֙kadahbarrelכַּדnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “barrel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3537properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposesbarrel, pitcher.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַשֹּׁ֔קֶתhashoqetthe troughשֹׁקֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the trough”, the ordinary formH8268a trough (for watering)trough.וַתָּ֥רָץvataratsand runרוּץconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and run”, the next action in the storyH7323to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.ע֛וֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).אֶֽלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַבְּאֵ֖רhaberthe wellבְּאֵרdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the well”, the ordinary formH875a pit; especially a wellpit, well.לִשְׁאֹ֑בlishovto drawשָׁאַבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to draw”, the to-form of the verbH7579to bale up water(woman to) draw(-er, water).וַתִּשְׁאַ֖בvatishavand drawשָׁאַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and draw”, the next action in the storyH7579to bale up water(woman to) draw(-er, water).לְכָלlekhalto allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to 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).גְּמַלָּֽיוgemalayvcamelגָּמָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “camel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1581a camelcamel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

Young’s Literal Translation

and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.

World English Bible

She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

Darby Translation

And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw [water]; and she drew for all his camels.

Douay-Rheims

And pouring out the pitcher into the troughs, she ran back to the well to draw water: and having drawn she gave to all the camels.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she hasted, and emptied the water-pot into the trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the camels.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσπευσε καὶ ἐξεκένωσε τὴν ὑδρίαν εἰς τὸ ποτιστήριον· καὶ ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἀντλῆσαι πάλιν· καὶ ὑδρεύσατο πάσαις ταῖς καμήλοις.