Exodus 17:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

Young's Literal Translation
And the hands of Moses [are] heavy, and they take a stone, and set [it] under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

King James Bible
But Moses' hands [were] heavy; and they took a stone, and put [it] under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Hebrew
When Moses’
מֹשֶׁה֙ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

hands
וִידֵ֤י (wî·ḏê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc
Strong's 3027: A hand

grew heavy,
כְּבֵדִ֔ים (kə·ḇê·ḏîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3515: Heavy

they took
וַיִּקְחוּ־ (way·yiq·ḥū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

a stone
אֶ֛בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 68: A stone

and put
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ (way·yā·śî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

it under him,
תַחְתָּ֖יו (ṯaḥ·tāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

and he sat
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on it.
עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Then Aaron
וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן (wə·’a·hă·rōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

and Hur
וְח֜וּר (wə·ḥūr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2354: Hur -- four Israelites, also a Midianite

held
תָּֽמְכ֣וּ (tā·mə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

his hands up,
בְיָדָ֗יו (ḇə·yā·ḏāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

one
מִזֶּ֤ה (miz·zeh)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

on each
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

side,
אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

so that his hands
יָדָ֛יו (yā·ḏāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

remained
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

steady
אֱמוּנָ֖ה (’ĕ·mū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the sun
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

went down.
בֹּ֥א (bō)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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