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Nehemiah 13:20

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

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וַיָּלִ֨ינוּvayalinvand be leftלוּןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be left”, the next action in the storyH3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).הָרֹכְלִ֜יםharokhelimthe merchantרָכַלdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the merchant”, a verb used as a describing wordH7402to travel for trading(spice) merchant.וּמֹכְרֵ֧יumokhereand sellמָכַרconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and sell”, a verb used as a describing wordH4376to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)[idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מִמְכָּ֛רmimkarsaleמִמְכָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sale”, the ordinary formH4465merchandise; abstractly, a selling[idiom] ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware.מִח֥וּץmichutsfrom abroadחוּץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.לִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םlirushalimto Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.פַּ֥עַםpaamanvilפַּעַםnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “anvil”, the ordinary formH6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.וּשְׁתָּֽיִםushetayimand twoשְׁנַיִםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, absolute — “and two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they lodge — the merchants and sellers of all ware — at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,

World English Bible

So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

Darby Translation

And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.

Douay-Rheims

So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So all the merchants lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.

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