King James Version

Judges 9:50

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvayelekhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְavimelekhAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְnoun, proper name — “Abimelech”H40Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesAbimelech.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).תֵּבֵ֑ץtevetsThebezתֵּבֵץnoun, proper name — “Thebez”H8405Tebets, a place in PalestineThebez.וַיִּ֥חַןvayichanand encampחָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and encamp”, the next action in the storyH2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.בְּתֵבֵ֖ץbetevetsin Thebezתֵּבֵץpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Thebez”H8405Tebets, a place in PalestineThebez.וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּvayilkedahand catchלָכַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and catch”, the next action in the storyH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth against Thebez, and captureth it,

World English Bible

Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

Darby Translation

And Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

Douay-Rheims

Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Abimelech went out of Bæthel-berith, and encamped against Thebes, and took it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐκ Βαιθηγβερὶθ, καὶ παρενέβαλεν ἐν Θήβης, καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτήν.

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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