Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them. Young's Literal Translation And the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them, King James Bible So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. Hebrew Andוַיִּֽהְי֨וּ (way·yih·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the couriers הָרָצִ֜ים (hā·rā·ṣîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run traveled עֹבְרִ֨ים (‘ō·ḇə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on from city מֵעִ֧יר ׀ (mê·‘îr) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement to city לָעִ֛יר (lā·‘îr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement through the land בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (bə·’e·reṣ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Ephraim אֶפְרַ֥יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory and Manasseh וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (ū·mə·naš·šeh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites as וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while far as Zebulun; זְבֻל֑וּן (zə·ḇu·lūn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2074: Zebulun -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and their territory but the people scorned מַשְׂחִיקִ֣ים (maś·ḥî·qîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play and mocked וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים (ū·mal·‘i·ḡîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3932: To deride, to speak unintelligibly them. בָּֽם׃ (bām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew |