Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleMany people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said. Young's Literal Translation and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, ‘Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?’ King James Bible So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? Hebrew Manyרָ֔ב (rāḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great people עַם־ (‘am-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock assembled וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6908: To gather, collect and stopped וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙ (way·yis·tə·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5640: To stop up, to repair, to keep secret up all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the springs הַמַּעְיָנ֔וֹת (ham·ma‘·yā·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source and the stream הַנַּ֛חַל (han·na·ḥal) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft that flowed הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף (haš·šō·w·ṭêp̄) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer through בְּתוֹךְ־ (bə·ṯō·wḵ-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the land. הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land “Why לָ֤מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should the kings מַלְכֵ֣י (mal·ḵê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4428: A king of Assyria אַשּׁ֔וּר (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 804: Ashshur come יָב֙וֹאוּ֙ (yā·ḇō·w·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and find וּמָצְא֖וּ (ū·mā·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present plenty רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great of water?” מַ֥יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen they said. לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say |