1 Chronicles 16:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכוּ֙ מִגּ֣וֹי אֶל־גּ֔וֹי וּמִמַמְּלָכָ֖ה אֶל־עַ֥ם אַחֵֽר׃

Transliteration

And they hālak [went about] from gôy [nation] to-gôy [nation], and from mamlākâ [kingdom] to-ʿam [people] ʾaḥēr [another].

Grammar Details

*wǎy-* (prefix): consecutive waw - and then/so
*hālak*: hithpael imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - they went about/wandered
*gôy*: singular noun - nation
*mamlākâ*: singular noun - kingdom
*ʿam*: singular noun - people
*ʾaḥēr*: adjective masculine singular - another/other
*min-* (prefix): preposition - from
*ʾel-* (prefix): preposition - to

Word Meanings

*hālak*: go/walk/travel
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*mamlākâ*: kingdom/dominion/reign
*ʿam*: people/nation/kinsmen
*ʾaḥēr*: another/other/different

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:10 : 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
Gen 20:1 : 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Gen 46:3 : 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Gen 46:6 : 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

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