King James Version

Judges 15:8

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

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וַיַּ֨ךְvayakhand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.אוֹתָ֥םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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).שׁ֛וֹקshoqlegשׁוֹקnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “leg”, the ordinary formH7785the (lower) leg (as a runner)hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.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,…יָרֵ֖ךְyarekhesideיָרֵךְnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “side”, the ordinary formH3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side[idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.מַכָּ֣הmakahwoundמַכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wound”, the ordinary formH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).גְדוֹלָ֑הgedolahgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.וַיֵּ֣רֶדvayeredand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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…וַיֵּ֔שֶׁבvayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בִּסְעִ֖יףbisifin branchסָעִיףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5585a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided)(outmost) branch, clift, top.סֶ֥לַעselarockסֶלַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “rock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.עֵיטָֽםeytamEtamעֵיטָםnoun, proper name — “Etam”H5862Etam, a place in PalestineEtam.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he smiteth them hip and thigh — a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.

World English Bible

He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.

Darby Translation

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.

Douay-Rheims

And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he smote them leg on thigh with a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς κνήμην ἐπὶ μηρὸν πληγὴν μεγάλην· καὶ κατέβη καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τρυμαλιᾷ τῆς πέτρας Ἠτάμ.