2 Samuel 5:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-pəlištîm bāʾû wə-yinnāṭəšû in-ʿēmeq rəpāʾîm

Grammar Details

• *pəlištîm*: gentilic plural - Philistines
• *bāʾû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they came
• *wə-yinnāṭəšû*: conjunction + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they spread themselves
• *ʿēmeq*: noun, masculine singular construct - valley of
• *rəpāʾîm*: proper noun - Rephaim

Word Meanings

• *yinnāṭəšû*: they spread themselves/they deployed/they dispersed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now the Philistines{H6430} had come{H935} and spread{H5203} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim.{H7497}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The Philistines{H6430} also came{H935}{(H8804)} and spread{H5203}{(H8735)} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim{H7497}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 15:8 : 8 And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the south of the Jebusite; this is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of the Giants northward:
• Josh 17:15 : 15 Joshua answered them, "If you are a great people, then go up to the forest and cut down an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, if Mount Ephraim is too small for you."
• Josh 18:16 : 16 Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel.
• 2 Sam 23:13 : 13 And three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Adullam while the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
• Gen 14:5 : 5 And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
• 1 Chr 11:15 : 15 Now three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
• Isa 17:5 : 5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn, and reaps the ears with his arm; and it shall be like he who gathers ears in the Valley of Rephaim.