KJV: They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
YLT: and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,
Darby: then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;
ASV: they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,
| וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ | and worked |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make. |
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| גַם־ | also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea. |
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| בְּעָרְמָ֔ה | craftily |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular Root: עָרְמָה Sense: shrewdness, craftiness, prudence. |
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| וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ | and went |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come. |
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| וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ | and pretended to be ambassadors |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: צִיר Sense: (BDB) (Hithpael) to supply oneself with provisions, take as one’s provision. |
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| וַיִּקְח֞וּ | and they took |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away. |
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| שַׂקִּ֤ים | sacks |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שַׂק Sense: mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking. |
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| בָּלִים֙ | old |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: בָּלֶה Sense: worn out, old. |
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| לַחֲמ֣וֹרֵיהֶ֔ם | on their donkeys |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: חֲמֹור Sense: (he)ass. |
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| יַ֙יִן֙ | wineskins |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יַיִן Sense: wine. |
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| בָּלִ֔ים | old |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: בָּלֶה Sense: worn out, old. |
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| וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים | and torn |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural Root: בָּקַע Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear. |
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| וּמְצֹרָרִֽים | and mended |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural Root: צָרַר Sense: to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound. |
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