Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 587 [e] וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ wa-’ă-naḥ-nū So we Conj-w | Pro-1cp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213 [e] עֹשִׂ֣ים ‘ō-śîm labored V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp 1a) occupation, business 1b) property 1c) work (something done or made) 1d) workmanship 1e) service, use 1f) public business 1f1) political 1f2) religious">4399 [e] בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה bam-mə-lā-ḵāh; in the work Prep-b, Art | N-fs 1a) half 1b) middle">2677 [e] וְחֶצְיָ֗ם wə-ḥeṣ-yām, and half of [the men] Conj-w | N-msc | 3mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be strong, grow strong 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon 1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a1c) to press, be urgent 1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous 1a2) to strengthen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make strong 1b2) to restore to strength, give strength 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage 1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage 1b5) to make firm 1b6) to make rigid, make hard 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make strong, strengthen 1c2) to make firm 1c3) to display strength 1c4) to make severe 1c5) to support 1c6) to repair 1c7) to prevail, prevail upon 1c8) to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support 1c9) to hold, contain 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to strengthen oneself 1d2) to put forth strength, use one's strength 1d3) to withstand 1d4) to hold strongly with">2388 [e] מַחֲזִיקִים֙ ma-ḥă-zî-qîm held V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp 7420 [e] בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים bā-rə-mā-ḥîm, the spears Prep-b, Art | N-mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself">5927 [e] מֵעֲל֣וֹת mê-‘ă-lō-wṯ from Prep-m | V-Qal-Inf 1a) dawn 1b) at dawn (as adverb)">7837 [e] הַשַּׁ֔חַר haš-ša-ḥar, daybreak Art | N-ms 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even">5704 [e] עַ֖ד ‘aḏ until Prep 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth">3318 [e] צֵ֥את ṣêṯ appeared V-Qal-Inf 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)">3556 [e] הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃ hak-kō-w-ḵā-ḇîm. the stars Art | N-mp

New American Standard Bible
So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared.

King James Bible
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.

So we

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