King James Version

Judges 3:26

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

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וְאֵה֥וּדveehudand Ehudאֵהוּדconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Ehud”H164Ehud, the name of two or three IsraelitesEhud.נִמְלַ֖טnimlatescapeמָלַטverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “escape”, a completed actionH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.עַ֣דadevenעַדpreposition — “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.הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑םhitmahmehamdelayמָהַהּverb, hithpalpel, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “delay”, the to-form of the verbH4102properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctantdelay, linger, stay selves, tarry.וְהוּא֙vehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.עָבַ֣רavaralienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…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).הַפְּסִילִ֔יםhapsilimthe carved imageפְּסִילdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the carved image”, the ordinary formH6456an idolcarved (graven) image, quarry.וַיִּמָּלֵ֖טvayimaletand escapeמָלַטconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and escape”, the next action in the storyH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָהhasiratahthe Seirathשְׂעִירָהdefinite article, noun, proper name, directional ending — “the Seirath”H8167Seirah, a place in PalestineSeirath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.

World English Bible

Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.

Darby Translation

And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.

Douay-Rheims

But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ Ἀὼδ διεσώθη ἕως ἐθορυβοῦντο, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ προσνοῶν αὐτῷ· καὶ αὐτὸς παρῆλθε τὰ γλυπτὰ, καὶ διεσώθη εἰς Σετειρωθά.