King James Version

Judges 6:38

And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

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וַיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כֵ֕ןkhenas... asכֵּןadverb — “as... as”H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)[phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (th…וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙vayashkemand up, rise up) earlyשָׁכַםconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and up, rise up) early”, the next action in the storyH7925literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning(arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔תmimachoratfrom morrowמׇחֳרָתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from morrow”, the ordinary formH4283the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrowmorrow, next day.וַיָּ֖זַרvayazarand closeזוּרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and close”, the next action in the storyH2115to press together, tightenclose, rush, thrust together.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).הַגִּזָּ֑הhagizahthe fleeceגָּזַּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the fleece”, the ordinary formH1492a fleecefleece.וַיִּ֤מֶץvayimetsand suckמָצָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and suck”, the next action in the storyH4680to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze outsuck, wring (out).טַל֙taldewטַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dew”, the ordinary formH2919dew (as covering vegetation)dew.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַגִּזָּ֔הhagizahthe fleeceגָּזַּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the fleece”, the ordinary formH1492a fleecefleece.מְל֥וֹאmelofulnessמְלֹאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fulness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4393fulness (literally or figuratively)[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.הַסֵּ֖פֶלhasefelthe bowlסֵפֶלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bowl”, the ordinary formH5602a basin (as deepened out)bowl, dish.מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

Young’s Literal Translation

and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece — the fulness of the bowl, of water.

World English Bible

It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Darby Translation

And it was so. And when he rose up early on the morrow, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water.

Douay-Rheims

And it was so. And rising before day wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it was so: and he rose up early in the morning, and wrung the fleece, and dew dropped from the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως· καὶ ὤρθρισε τῇ ἐπαύριον, καὶ ἐξεπίασε τὸν πόκον, καὶ ἔσταξε δρόσος ἀπὸ τοῦ πόκου πλήρης λεκάνη ὕδατος.