Judges 7:12
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And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
In other translations
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Hebrew words
וּמִדְיָןumidyanand MidianH4080וַעֲמָלֵקva'amalekand AmalekH6002וְכָל־vekholand allH3605בְּנֵי־benei-[the] people ofH1121קֶדֶםkedem[the] eastH6924נֹפְלִיםnofelim[were] lyingH5307בָּעֵמֶקba'emekin the valleyH6010כָּאַרְבֶּהka'arbehlike <the> locust[s]H697לָרֹבlarofor multitudeH7230וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶםveligmaleihemand [belonged] to camels theirH1581אֵין'einnotH369מִסְפָּרmisparnumberH4557כַּחוֹלkachollike the sandH2344שֶׁעַל־she'al-that [is] onH5921שְׂפַתsefat[the] shore ofH8193הַיָּםhaiyamthe seaH3220לָרֹב׃larofor multitudeH7230
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