Job 13:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־מָ֤ה ׀ אֶשָּׂ֣א בְשָׂרִ֣י בְשִׁנָּ֑י וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י אָשִׂ֥ים בְּכַפִּֽי׃

Transliteration

ʿal-mâ ʾeśśāʾ beśārî bešinnāy wenap̄šî ʾāśîm bekappî

Grammar Details

*ʿal*-*mâ*: preposition + interrogative pronoun - for what
*ʾeśśāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I take
*beśārî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh
*bešinnāy*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my teeth
*wenap̄šî*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my life/soul
*ʾāśîm*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I put
*bekappî*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my palm/hand

Word Meanings

*ʾeśśāʾ* *beśārî* *bešinnāy*: take my flesh in my teeth/risk my body
*nap̄šî* *ʾāśîm* *bekappî*: put my life in my hand/risk my life

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Judg 12:3 : 3 And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
1 Sam 19:5 : 5 for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Sam 28:21 : 21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
Ps 119:109 : 109 My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
Eccl 4:5 : 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Isa 9:20 : 20 And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Job 18:4 : 4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

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