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עָלָ֥הalahascend upעָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בָּבֶ֖לbavelBabelבָּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babel”H894Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireBabel, Babylon.הַיָּ֑םhayamthe seaיָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).בַּהֲמ֥וֹןbahamonin noiseהָמוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in noise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1995a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthabundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.גַּלָּ֖יוgalayvheapגַּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “heap”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1530something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)billow, heap, spring, wave.נִכְסָֽתָהnikhsatahcoverכָּסָהverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “cover”, a completed 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).
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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American Standard Version (1901)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Young’s Literal Translation
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
World English Bible
The sea has come up on Babylon. She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Darby Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Douay-Rheims
The sea is come up over Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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