Job 14:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם מִנִּי־יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

ʾāzlû-mayim minnî-yām wənāhār yeḥĕrab wəyābēš

Grammar Details

*ʾāzlû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - they have gone away
*mayim*: noun, masculine, plural - waters
*minnî*: preposition - from
*yām*: noun, masculine, singular - sea
*wənāhār*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and river
*yeḥĕrab*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it dries up
*wəyābēš*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and it withers

Word Meanings

*ʾāzlû*: go away/depart/disappear
*minnî*: from/out of
*yām*: sea/lake/large body of water
*nāhār*: river/stream
*yeḥĕrab*: dries up/becomes dry/is laid bare
*yābēš*: withers/becomes dry/is parched

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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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Referenced Verses

Isa 19:5 : 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
Jer 15:18 : 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
Job 6:15-18 : 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

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