Genesis 25:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֗לֶּה יְמֵ֛י שְׁנֵֽי־חַיֵּ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־חָ֑י מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְחָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾēlleh yəmê šənê-ḥayyê ʾaḇrāhām ʾăšer-ḥāy məʾat šānāh wə-šiḇʿîm šānāh wə-ḥāmēš šānîm

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾēlleh*: waw conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - and these
*yəmê*: noun, masculine plural construct - days of
*šənê-ḥayyê*: noun, feminine plural construct + noun, masculine plural construct - years of life of
*ʾaḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
*ʾăšer-ḥāy*: relative pronoun + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - which he lived
*məʾat*: numeral, construct - hundred
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*wə-šiḇʿîm*: waw conjunction + numeral - and seventy
*wə-ḥāmēš*: waw conjunction + numeral - and five
*šānîm*: noun, feminine plural - years

Word Meanings

*yəmê*: days/time/period
*ḥayyê*: life/lifetime

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:4 : 4 So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

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