KJV: And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
YLT: and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.
Darby: And the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.
ASV: And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.
וּמִדְיָ֨ן | Now the Midianites |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מִדְיָן Sense: son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians. |
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וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק | and Amalekites |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עֲמָלֵק Sense: son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a race of people in southern Canaan. |
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וְכָל־ | and all |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole. |
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בְּנֵי־ | the sons |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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קֶ֙דֶם֙ | of the East |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: קֶדֶם Sense: east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime. |
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נֹפְלִ֣ים | were lying |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: נָפַל Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail. |
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בָּעֵ֔מֶק | in the valley |
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵמֶק Sense: valley, vale, lowland, open country. |
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כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה | as numerous as locusts |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אַרְבֶּה Sense: a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll). |
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לָרֹ֑ב | as numerous |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: רֹב Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness. |
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וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ | and their camels [were] |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: גָּמָל Sense: camel. |
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אֵ֣ין | without |
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n. |
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מִסְפָּ֔ר | number |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִסְפָּר Sense: number, tale. |
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כַּח֛וֹל | as the sand |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹול Sense: sand. |
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שְׂפַ֥ת | side |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: שָׂפָה Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding. |
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הַיָּ֖ם | the seashore |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יָם Sense: sea. |
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לָרֹֽב | in multitude |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: רֹב Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness. |