Job 15:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָם

Transliteration

lāhem ləḇaddām nittənāh hāʾāreṣ wə-lōʾ-ʿāḇar zār bətôḵām

Grammar Details

*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*ləḇaddām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them alone
*nittənāh*: niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - was given
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*wə-lōʾ-ʿāḇar*: conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and not passed
*zār*: adjective, masculine singular - stranger
*bətôḵām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - among them

Word Meanings

*bad*: separation, alone, apart
*nātan*: to give, put, set
*ʾereṣ*: land, earth, territory
*ʿāḇar*: to pass over, through, by
*zār*: stranger, foreigner, alien
*tāweḵ*: midst, middle, among

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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

Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Gen 10:25 : 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

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