2 Samuel 4:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived there as strangers until this day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖ים גִּתָּ֑יְמָה וַֽיִּהְיוּ־שָׁ֣ם גָּרִ֔ים עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-yibrəḥû ha-bəʾērōtîm gittāyəmāh wə-yihyû-šām gārîm ʿad ha-yôm ha-zeh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yibrəḥû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd plural - and fled
• *ha-bəʾērōtîm*: article + gentilic adjective, masculine plural - the Beerothites
• *gittāyəmāh*: proper noun + directional heh - to Gittaim
• *wə-yihyû-šām*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd plural + adverb - and they were there
• *gārîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - sojourners/aliens/strangers
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *ha-yôm*: article + noun, masculine singular - the day
• *ha-zeh*: article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

• *gārîm*: sojourners/foreigners/resident aliens
• *ʿad ha-yôm ha-zeh*: until this day/until the present time

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, where they have lived as foreigners to this day.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and the Beerothites{H886} fled{H1272} to Gittaim,{H1664} and have been sojourners{H1481} there until this day).{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the Beerothites{H886} fled{H1272}{(H8799)} to Gittaim{H1664}, and were sojourners{H1481}{(H8802)} there until this day{H3117}.)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the Berothites were fled vnto Gethaim, & were straugers there vnto this daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and soiourned there, vnto this day).

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And these Berothites fled to Githaim, and soiourned there vntill this day)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)

Referenced Verses

• Neh 11:33 : 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
• 1 Sam 31:7 : 7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those who were across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.