King James Version

Judges 13:25

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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וַתָּ֨חֶל֙vatacheland beginחָלַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and begin”, the next action in the storyH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…ר֣וּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).יְהוָ֔הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).לְפַעֲמ֖וֹlefaamvoto moveפָּעַםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to move”, the to-form of the verbH6470to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitatemove, trouble.בְּמַחֲנֵהbemachanehin armyמַחֲנֶהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in army”H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.דָ֑ןdanDanielדָּןnoun, proper name — “Daniel”H1835Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by themDanielבֵּ֥יןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.צָרְעָ֖הtsareahZareahצׇרְעָהnoun, proper name — “Zareah”H6881Tsorah, a place in PalestineZareah, Zorah, Zoreah.וּבֵ֥יןuveynand betweenבֵּיןconjunction, preposition — “and between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.אֶשְׁתָּאֹֽלeshtaolEshtaolאֶשְׁתָּאֹלnoun, proper name — “Eshtaol”H847Eshtaol, a place in PalestineEshtaol.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

World English Bible

Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Darby Translation

And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at Mahaneh-Dan, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.

Douay-Rheims

And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἤρξατο πνεῦμα Κυρίου συνεκπορεύεσθαι αὐτῷ ἐν παρεμβολῇ Δὰν, καὶ ἀναμέσον Σαραὰ καὶ ἀναμέσον Ἐσθαόλ.