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Definition: AMBUSHMENT |
AMBUSHMENTTransitive verb1. An ambush. |
Date "AMBUSHMENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Ambushment \Am"bush*ment\, noun. [Old French expression embuschement. See Ambush, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913) |
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 13, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ieroboam apestreyen to enedron elqein autwn ek twn opisqen kai egeneto emprosqen iouda kai to enedron ek twn opisqen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Haec illo loquente Hieroboam retro moliebatur insidias cumque ex adverso hostium staret ignorantem Iudam suo ambiebat exercitu |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thes thingis hym spekyng, Jeroboam bihynde kaste buschementis; and whanne he schulde stonden forn ayeinus of the hoostis, he enuyrounde with his hoost Judam vnknowynge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 13, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Apan si Jeroboam naghimo ug usa ka pagbanhig sa likod nila: busa sila diha sa atubangan sa Juda, ug ang nanagbanhig diha sa luyo nila. |
| Croatian | Ali Jeroboam zavede zasjedu da im doðe za leða; tako su Judejcima bili jedni sprijeda, a zasjeda straga. |
| Danish | Jeroboam lod imidlertid Bagholdet gøre en omgående Bevægelse for at komme i Ryggen på dem, og således havde Judæerne Hæren foran sig og Bagholdet i Ryggen. |
| Dutch | Maar Jerobeam deed een achterlage omwenden, om van achter hen te komen; zo waren zij voor het aangezicht van Juda, en de achterlage was achter hen. |
| Finnish | Mutta Jerobeam oli pannut väkeä kiertämään heidän taaksensa väijyksiin, niin että toiset olivat Juudan miesten edessä ja toiset väijyksissä heidän takanansa. |
| French | Jéroboam les prit par derrière au moyen d`une embuscade, et ses troupes étaient en face de Juda, qui avait l`embuscade par derrière. |
| German | Aber Jerobeam machte einen Hinterhalt umher, daß er von hinten an sie käme, daß sie vor Juda waren und der Hinterhalt hinter Juda. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sementara itu Yerobeam mengirim sebagian dari pasukannya untuk menghadang pasukan Yehuda dari belakang, sedangkan sebagian lagi menghadapi mereka dari depan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hata, maka disuruh Yerobeam akan beberapa orang pengadang berjalan keliling dari belakang mereka itu, sehingga mereka itu sendiri di hadapan orang Yehuda dan segala orang pengadang itu di belakangnya. |
| Maori | ¶ Otira i whakataka e Ieropoama he pehipehi kia haere awhio atu i muri i a ratou: na ko ratou ki te aroaro o Hura, ko te pehipehi ki muri i a ratou. |
| Norwegian | Men Jeroboam lot et bakhold dra omkring for å komme bak på dem, så de selv* var foran Judas menn, og bakholdet i ryggen på dem. # <* Jeroboam med sine andre tropper.> |
| Portuguese | Jeroboão, porém, armou uma emboscada, para dar sobre Judá pela retaguarda; de maneira que as suas tropas estavam em frente de Judá e a emboscada por detrás. |
| Rumanian | Ieroboam i -a luat pe din apoi, cu ajutorul unor oameni puwi la pkndq, awa cq owtile lui erau kn faya lui Iuda, iar cei ce stqteau la pkndq erau knapoia lor. |
| Spanish | Pero Jeroboam puso una emboscada a fin de alcanzarlos por la retaguardia, de manera que estaban frente a Judá, pero tenían la emboscada a espaldas de ellos. |
| Swedish | Men Jerobeam hade låtit kringgå dem och lagt ett bakhåll för att falla dem i ryggen; så stodo de nu mitt emot Juda män och hade sitt bakhåll bakom dem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AMBUSHMENT": ambushments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "AMBUSHMENT" (pronounced 'Am"bush*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-m-m-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: humanest, sunbathe. | |
-3 letters: anthems, batsmen, bummest, bushman, bushmen, butanes, hetmans, humates, maumets, numbats, numbest, summate, sunbath, sunbeam. | |
-4 letters: absent, ambush, aments, anthem, ashmen, bathes, batmen, beauts, besmut, busman, busmen, butane, hasten, haunts, hausen, hetman, humane, humans, humate, mantes, maumet, meatus, mentum, mutase, numbat, snathe, stamen, stemma, subnet, summae, tabuns, thanes, thumbs, unhats, unmesh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-m-m-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: ambushments. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4D 42 55 53 48 4D 45 4E 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- -... ..- ... .... -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001101 01000010 01010101 01010011 01001000 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A M B U S H M E N T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004D 0042 0055 0053 0048 004D 0045 004E 0054 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35473655534247394854 |
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