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Now the priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
of Midian
Midyan (mid-yawn')
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants -- Midian, Midianite.
had seven
sheba` (sheh'-bah)
a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
daughters
bath (bath)
apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village.
and they came
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
and drew
dalah (daw-law')
to dangle, i.e. to let down a bucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver -- draw (out), enough, lift up.
water and filled
male' (maw-lay')
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
the troughs
rahat (rah'-hat)
a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines) -- gallery, gutter, trough.
to water
shaqah (shaw-kaw')
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to -- cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water.
their father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
flock
tso'n (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
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