King James Version

Judges 15:9

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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וַיַּעֲל֣וּvayaalvand ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to 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…פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfelishtimPhilistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיnoun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvayachanvand encampחָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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.בִּיהוּדָ֑הbihudahin Judahיְהוּדָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvayinateshvand let fallנָטַשׁconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and let fall”, the next action in the storyH5203properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.בַּלֶּֽחִיbalechiin Lehi. Compare also H7437לֶחִיpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “in Lehi. Compare also H7437”H3896Lechi, a place in PalestineLehi. Compare also H7437 (רָמַת לֶחִי).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves against Lehi.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

World English Bible

Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Darby Translation

And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Douay-Rheims

Then the Philistines going up into the land of Juda, camped in the place which afterwards was called Lechi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army was spread.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves against Lehi.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Juda, and spread themselves abroad in Lechi.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐξεῤῥίφησαν ἐν Λεχί.