Job 16:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃

Transliteration

śaq tāpartî ʿălê gildî wə-ʿōlaltî beʿāpār qarnî

Grammar Details

*śaq*: noun masculine singular - sackcloth
*tāpartî*: Qal perfect 1st singular - I have sewn
*ʿălê*: preposition - upon
*gildî*: noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my skin
*wə-ʿōlaltî*: conjunction + Pilel perfect 1st singular - and I have defiled
*beʿāpār*: preposition + noun masculine singular - in the dust
*qarnî*: noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my horn

Word Meanings

*śaq*: sackcloth, mourning cloth
*tāpartî*: to sew, stitch together
*gildî*: skin, hide
*ʿōlaltî*: to thrust in, defile, insert
*ʿāpār*: dust, powder, earth
*qarnî*: horn, power, dignity

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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

Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Ps 7:5 : 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
Ps 75:5 : 5 Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.
Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Job 30:19 : 19 He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
1 Sam 2:10 : 10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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