King James Version

Judges 18:21

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

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וַיִּפְנ֖וּvayifnvand appearפָּנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and appear”, the next action in the storyH6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּvayelekhvand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּvayasimvand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “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).הַטַּ֧ףhatafthe childrenטַףdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the children”, the ordinary formH2945a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)(little) children (ones), families.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).הַמִּקְנֶ֛הhamiqnehthe cattleמִקְנֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the cattle”, the ordinary formH4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisitioncattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).הַכְּבוּדָּ֖הhakvudahthe carriageכְּבוּדָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the carriage”, the ordinary formH3520weightiness, i.e. magnificence, wealthcarriage, all glorious, stately.לִפְנֵיהֶֽםlifneyhemto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

World English Bible

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.

Darby Translation

And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.

Douay-Rheims

And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle and all that was valuable,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν καὶ ἀπῆλθον, καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν κτῆσιν καὶ τὸ βάρος ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν.

American Standard Version (1901)

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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