King James Version

Numbers 21:31

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

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וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב֙vayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בְּאֶ֖רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הָאֱמֹרִֽיhaemorithe Amoriteאֱמֹרִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Amorite”, the ordinary formH567an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribesAmorite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Israel dwelleth in the land of the Amorite,

World English Bible

Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

Darby Translation

And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

Douay-Rheims

So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατῴκησε δὲ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσι τῶν Ἀμοῤῥαίων.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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