In Psalms 105 of Psalms .
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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אָ֭מַר amar say אָ֭מַר amar say אָמַר verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed action H559 to say (used with great latitude) answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id… וַיָּבֹ֣א vayavo and to come וַיָּבֹ֣א vayavo and to come בּוֹא conjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the story H935 to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,… אַרְבֶּ֑ה arbeh locust אַרְבֶּ֑ה arbeh locust אַרְבֶּה noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “locust”, the ordinary form H697 a locust (from its rapid increase) grasshopper, locust. וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק veyeleq and cankerworm וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק veyeleq and cankerworm יֶלֶק conjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and cankerworm”, the ordinary form H3218 a devourer; specifically, the young locust cankerworm, caterpillar. וְאֵ֣ין veeyn and else וְאֵ֣ין veeyn and else אַיִן conjunction, particle, negative — “and else” H369 a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן). מִסְפָּֽר ׃ mispar number מִסְפָּֽר mispar number מִסְפָּר noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “number”, the ordinary form H4557 a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time. Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,
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American Standard Version (1901) He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
Young’s Literal Translation He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm — innumerable,
World English Bible He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
Darby Translation He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
Douay-Rheims They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.
Jewish Publication Society (1917) He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851) Εἶπε καὶ ἦλθεν ἀκρὶς, καὶ βροῦχος οὗ οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμὸς,
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