Job 19:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃‬

Transliteration

wayyaḥar ʿālay ʾappô wayyaḥšəbēnî lô kə-ṣārāyw

Grammar Details

*wayyaḥar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and kindled
*ʿālay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me
*ʾappô*: noun common masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger
*wayyaḥšəbēnî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and he counts me
*lô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*kə-ṣārāyw*: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - as his adversaries

Word Meanings

*ḥārāh*: to burn/be kindled (of anger)
*ʾap*: nose/face/anger
*ḥāšab*: to think/plan/count/consider
*ṣar*: adversary/enemy/foe

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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

Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 16:9 : 9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 33:10 : 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:
Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Ps 90:7 : 7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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