King James Version

Numbers 25:1

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvayeshevand 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…יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בַּשִּׁטִּ֑יםbashitimin Shittimשִׁטִּיםpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “in Shittim”H7851Shittim, a place East of the JordanShittim.וַיָּ֣חֶלvayacheland beginחָלַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and begin”, the next action in the storyH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…הָעָ֔םhaamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.לִזְנ֖וֹתliznotto commit fornicationזָנָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to commit fornication”, the to-form of the verbH2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.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).בְּנ֥וֹתbenotdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.מוֹאָֽבmoavMoabמוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Moab”H4124Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsMoab.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

World English Bible

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;

Darby Translation

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.

Douay-Rheims

And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατέλυσεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαττεὶν, καὶ ἐβεβηλώθη ὁ λαὸς ἐκπορνεῦσαι εἰς τὰς θυγατέρας Μωάβ.