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Genesis 44:11

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

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וַֽיְמַהֲר֗וּvaymaharvand be carried headlongמָהַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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…וַיּוֹרִ֛דוּvayoridvand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…אִ֥ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…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).אַמְתַּחְתּ֖וֹamtachtvosackאַמְתַּחַתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sack”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH572properly, something expansive, i.e. a bagsack.אָ֑רְצָהaretsahearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute, directional ending — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַֽיִּפְתְּח֖וּvayiftechvand openפָּתַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and open”, the next action in the storyH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.אִ֥ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹamtachtvosackאַמְתַּחַתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sack”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH572properly, something expansive, i.e. a bagsack.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;

World English Bible

Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

Darby Translation

And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack.

Douay-Rheims

Then they speedily took down their sacks to the ground, and every man opened his sack.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they hasted, and took down every man his sack on the ground, and they opened every man his sack.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσπευσαν, καὶ καθεῖλαν ἕκαστος τὸν μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· καὶ ἤνοιξαν ἕκαστος τὸν μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ.