2 Samuel 24:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

After traveling through the entire land, they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ מִקְצֵ֨ה תִשְׁעָ֧ה חֳדָשִׁ֛ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים י֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם

Transliteration

And yāšuṭû in all hā'āreṣ and yāḇō'û from end of tiš'āh ḥŏḏāšîm and 'eśrîm yôm yərûšālām

Grammar Details

• *yāšuṭû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they went about
• *hā'āreṣ*: definite noun - the land
• *yāḇō'û*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they came
• *tiš'āh*: numeral - nine
• *ḥŏḏāšîm*: plural noun - months
• *'eśrîm*: numeral - twenty
• *yôm*: noun - day
• *yərûšālām*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *yāšuṭû*: they went about/traversed/traveled through
• *yāḇō'û*: they came/returned/arrived

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So when they had gone{H7751} to and from through all the land,{H776} they came{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} at the end{H7097} of nine{H8672} months{H2320} and twenty{H6242} days.{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So when they had gone{H7751}{(H8799)} through all the land{H776}, they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389} at the end{H7097} of nine{H8672} months{H2320} and twenty{H6242} days{H3117}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and wete rounde aboute that countre, and after nyne monethes and twenty daies they came to Ierusalem.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So when they had gone about all the lande, they returned to Ierusalem at the ende of nine moneths and twentie dayes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so when they had ben abrode throughout all the land, they returned to Hierusalem, after the end of nine monethes and twentie dayes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So when they had gone to and from through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So when they had gone to and from through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.