Job 14:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾim-yazqîn bāʾāreṣ šāršô ûbeʿāpār yāmût gizʿô

Grammar Details

*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*yazqîn*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it grows old/becomes old
*bāʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - in the earth/ground
*šāršô*: noun, masculine, singular, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - its root
*ûbeʿāpār*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - and in the dust
*yāmût*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it dies
*gizʿô*: noun, masculine, singular, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - its stump

Word Meanings

*yazqîn*: grows old/becomes aged/becomes old
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/ground/land
*šōreš*: root/rootstock
*ʿāpār*: dust/soil/dirt
*yāmût*: dies/perishes
*gizʿô*: its stump/its trunk/its stock

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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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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

Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
John 12:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
1 Cor 15:36 : 36 Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except {G3361} it die:

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