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memikul ....... barang-barang(TB)/memikul barang-barang(TL) <05447 05375> [bare burdens.]

satu ..... tangan yang lain(TB)/masing-masing ...... sebelah(TL) <0259> [every one.]

That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.

satu ..... tangan yang lain(TB)/masing-masing ...... sebelah(TL) <0259> [with one.]

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memegang senjata.

Mazm 149:6

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saudara-saudaraku(TB)/saudaraku(TL) <0251> [So neither I.]

Setiap(TB)/masing-masing(TL) <0376> [saving that, etc. or, every one went with his weapon for water.]

The original of this obscure clause is {ish shilcho hammayim,} which is rendered by Montanus, {vir missile suum aquas,} "a man his dart to the waters," of which it is difficult to make sense. It is wholly omitted by the LXX.; and one of De Rossi's MSS. reads, {meshallachah Æ’l hammayim,} "in order to send them to the water."