King James Version

Judges 21:2

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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וַיָּבֹ֤אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…הָעָם֙haamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.בֵּֽיתbeytBeth-elבֵּית־אֵלnoun, proper name — “Beth-el”H1008Beth-El, a place in PalestineBeth-el.אֵ֔לelBeth-elבֵּית־אֵלnoun, proper name — “Beth-el”H1008Beth-El, a place in PalestineBeth-el.וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּvayeshevvand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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…שָׁם֙shamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.הָעֶ֔רֶבhaerevthe evenעֶרֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the even”, the ordinary formH6153dusk[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.לִפְנֵ֖יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “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(-…הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםhaelohimthe Godאֱלֹהִיםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.וַיִּשְׂא֣וּvayisvand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…קוֹלָ֔םqolamsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.וַיִּבְכּ֖וּvayivkvand weepבָּכָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and weep”, the next action in the storyH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.בְּכִ֥יbekhiweepingבְּכִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “weeping”, the ordinary formH1065a weeping; by analogy, a drippingoverflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.גָדֽוֹלgadolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep — a great weeping,

World English Bible

The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.

Darby Translation

And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

Douay-Rheims

And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the people came to Bæthel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς Βαιθὴλ, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐκεῖ ἕως ἑσπέρας ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ ᾖραν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν κλαυθμὸν μέγαν,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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