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Isaiah 60:6

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

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שִֽׁפְעַ֨תshifatabundanceשִׁפְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “abundance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8229copiousnessabundance, company, multitude.גְּמַלִּ֜יםgemalimcamelגָּמָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “camel”, the ordinary formH1581a camelcamel.תְּכַסֵּ֗ךְtekhasekhecoverכָּסָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “cover”, an unfinished actionH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).בִּכְרֵ֤יbikhredromedaryבֶּכֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “dromedary”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1070a young cameldromedary.מִדְיָן֙midyanMidianמִדְיָןnoun, proper name — “Midian”H4080Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendantsMidian, Midianite.וְעֵיפָ֔הveeyfahand Ephahעֵיפָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Ephah”H5891Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him; also of an Israelite and of an IsraelitessEphah.כֻּלָּ֖םkulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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).מִשְּׁבָ֣אmishvafrom Shebaשְׁבָאpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Sheba”H7614Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtSheba, Sabeans.יָבֹ֑אוּyavovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to 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,…זָהָ֤בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.וּלְבוֹנָה֙ulevonahand incenseלְבוֹנָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and incense”, the ordinary formH3828frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)(frank-) incense.יִשָּׂ֔אוּyisavlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to 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…וּתְהִלֹּ֥תutehilotand praiseתְּהִלָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and praise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8416laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymnpraise.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יְבַשֵּֽׂרוּyevaservmessengerבָּשַׂרverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “messenger”, an unfinished actionH1319properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah, all coming from Sheba; they shall bring gold and incense, and shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

A company of camels covereth thee, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, All of them from Sheba do come, Gold and frankincense they bear, And of the praises of Jehovah they proclaim the tidings.

World English Bible

A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.

Darby Translation

A multitude of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall publish the praises of Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah, all coming from Sheba; they shall bring gold and incense, and shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and the camels of Madiam and Gæpha shall cover thee: all from Saba shall come bearing gold, and shall bring frankincense, and they shall publish the salvation of the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ καλύψουσί σε κάμηλοι Μαδιὰμ καὶ Γαιφά· πάντες ἐκ Σαβὰ ἥξουσι φέροντες χρυσίον καὶ λίβανον οἴσουσιν, καὶ τὸ σωτήριον Κυρίου εὐαγγελιοῦνται.