King James Version

Joshua 10:31

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvayaavorand alienateעָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and alienate”, the next action in the storyH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַyehoshuaJehoshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַnoun, proper name — “Jehoshua”H3091Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leaderJehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and 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).יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.עִמּ֛וֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).מִלִּבְנָ֖הmilivnahfrom Libnahלִבְנָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Libnah”H3841Libnah, a place in the Desert and one in PalestineLibnah.לָכִ֑ישָׁהlakhishahLachishלָכִישׁnoun, proper name, directional ending — “Lachish”H3923Lakish, a place in PalestineLachish.וַיִּ֣חַןvayichanand encampחָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and encamp”, the next action in the storyH2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.עָלֶ֔יהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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,…וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvayilachemand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and devour”, the next action in the storyH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).בָּֽהּbahinבָּֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encampeth against it, and fighteth against it;

World English Bible

Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

Darby Translation

And Joshua passed, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

Douay-Rheims

From Lebna he passed unto Lachis, with all Israel: and investing it with his army, besieged it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκ Λεβνὰ εἰς Λαχὶς, καὶ περιεκάθισεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐπολιόρκει αὐτήν.