Job 15:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו

Transliteration

yārûṣ ʾēlāyw bəṣawwāʾr baʿăḇî gabbê māḡinnāyw

Grammar Details

*yārûṣ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he runs
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - against him
*bəṣawwāʾr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - with neck
*baʿăḇî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with the thickness of
*gabbê*: noun, masculine plural construct - bosses of
*māḡinnāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his shields

Word Meanings

*rûṣ*: to run, rush, hurry
*ṣawwāʾr*: neck, back of neck
*ʿŏḇî*: thickness, density, cloud
*gab*: back, boss, rim, convex surface
*māḡēn*: shield, buckler, defense

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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

Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
2 Chr 32:13-17 : 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? 16 And his servants spake yet more against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 17 He wrote also letters, to rail on Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.
Job 16:12 : 12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
Ps 18:40 : 40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

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