King James Version

Judges 20:29

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

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וַיָּ֤שֶׂםvayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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]…יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֹֽרְבִ֔יםorevimambushאָרַבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “ambush”, a verb used as a describing wordH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe the hillגִּבְעָהdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the the hill”H1390Gibah; the name of three places in PalestineGibeah, the hill.סָבִֽיבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,

World English Bible

Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.

Darby Translation

And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.

Douay-Rheims

And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the children of Israel set an ambush against Gabaa round about it .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔθηκαν οἱ υἱοῖ Ἰσραὴλ ἔνεδρα τῇ Γαβαὰ κύκλῳ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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