Judges Chapter 7 verse 6 Holy Bible
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
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Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.
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And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
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And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
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And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
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The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
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And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) That lapped, putting their hand to their mouth.--Literally, licked with their hand to their mouth.All the rest of the people--i.e., 9,700 men.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd the numberמִסְפַּ֞ר (mis·par)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narrationof those who lapped [the water]הַֽמֲלַקְקִ֤ים (ha·mă·laq·qîm)Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 3952: To lick, lapwith their handsבְּיָדָם֙ (bə·yā·ḏām)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 3027: A handtoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, totheir mouthsפִּיהֶ֔ם (pî·hem)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according towasוַיְהִ֗י (way·hî)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bethreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁ (šə·lōš)Number - feminine singular constructStrong's 7969: Three, third, thricehundredמֵא֖וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)Number - feminine pluralStrong's 3967: A hundredmen;אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personallוְכֹל֙ (wə·ḵōl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everythe othersיֶ֣תֶר (ye·ṯer)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small ropekneltכָּרְע֥וּ (kā·rə·‘ū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrateto drink.לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת (liš·tō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 8354: To imbibeJump to PreviousBowed Drink Hand Hands Hundred Kneeled Knees Knelt Lapped Mouth Mouths Putting Rest Three Tongues Water