King James Version

Psalms 132:6

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

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הִנֵּֽהhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָshemaanuhahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “hear”, a completed actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…בְאֶפְרָ֑תָהveefratahin Ephratahאֶפְרָתpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Ephratah”H672Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָmetsanuhacomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…בִּשְׂדֵיbisdein fieldשָׂדֶהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in field”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.יָֽעַרyaarcombיַעַרnoun, proper name — “comb”H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)(honey-) comb, forest, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

World English Bible

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

Darby Translation

Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, we heard of it in Ephratha; we found it in the fields of the wood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ ἠκούσαμεν αὐτὴν ἐν Ἐφραθὰ, εὕρομεν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ.