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Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

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וַיָּ֨רֶםvayaremand highרוּםconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and high”, the next action in the storyH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…מֹשֶׁ֜הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.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).יָד֗וֹyadvohandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וַיַּ֧ךְvayakhand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.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).הַסֶּ֛לַעhaselathe rockסֶלַעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the rock”, the ordinary formH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.בְּמַטֵּ֖הוּbematehvin rodמַטֶּהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in rod”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)rod, staff, tribe.פַּעֲמָ֑יִםpaamayimanvilפַּעַםnoun, common, feminine, dual, 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.וַיֵּצְאוּ֙vayetsevand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מַ֣יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).רַבִּ֔יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…וַתֵּ֥שְׁתְּvatesheteand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and banquet”, the next action in the storyH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)הָעֵדָ֖הhaedahthe assemblyעֵדָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the assembly”, the ordinary formH5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה).וּבְעִירָֽםuveiramand cattleבְּעִירconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cattle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1165cattlebeast, cattle.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.

World English Bible

Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.

Darby Translation

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.

Douay-Rheims

And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and struck the rock twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπάρας Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, ἐπάταξε τὴν πέτραν τῇ ῥάβδῳ δίς· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὕδωρ πολὺ, καὶ ἔπιεν ἡ συναγωγὴ, καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν.