KJV: They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
YLT: armed with bow, right and left handed, with stones, and with arrows, with bows, of the brethren of Saul, of Benjamin.
Darby: armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:
ASV: They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
| נֹ֣שְׁקֵי | Armed |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: נָשַׁק Sense: to put together, kiss. |
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| קֶ֗שֶׁת | with bows |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: קֶשֶׁת Sense: bow. |
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| מַיְמִינִ֤ים | using both the right hand |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural Root: יָמַן Sense: (Hiphil) to choose the right, go to the right, use the right hand, be right handed. |
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| וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙ | and the left |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural Root: שְׂמֹאל Sense: to take the left, go to the left. |
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| בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים | in [hurling] stones |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: אֶבֶן Sense: stone (large or small). |
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| וּבַחִצִּ֖ים | and [shooting] arrows |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: חֵץ Sense: arrow. |
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| בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת | with the bow |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: קֶשֶׁת Sense: bow. |
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| מֵאֲחֵ֥י | brothers |
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Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אָח Sense: brother. |
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| שָׁא֖וּל | of Saul |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel. |
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| מִבִּנְיָמִֽן | [They were] of Benjamin |
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Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: בִּנְיָמִין Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother. |
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