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Psalms 106:17

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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תִּפְתַּחtiftachopenפָּתַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “open”, an unfinished actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.אֶ֭רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַתִּבְלַ֣עvativlaand destroyבָּלַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).דָּתָ֑ןdatanDathanדָּתָןnoun, proper name — “Dathan”H1885Dathan, an IsraeliteDathan.וַ֝תְּכַ֗סvatkhasand coverכָּסָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and cover”, the next action in the storyH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֲדַ֥תadatassemblyעֵדָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “assembly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה).אֲבִירָֽםaviramAbiramאֲבִירָםnoun, proper name — “Abiram”H48Abiram, the name of two IsraelitesAbiram.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.

Young’s Literal Translation

Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

World English Bible

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

Darby Translation

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;

Douay-Rheims

He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἠνοίχθη ἡ γῆ καὶ κατέπιε Δαθὰν, καὶ ἐκάλυψεν ἐπὶ τὴν συναγωγὴν Ἀβειρών.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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