Job 29:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף

Transliteration

wā-ʾăšabbərāh mətalləʿôt ʿawwāl û-miššinnāyw ʾašlîk ṭārep

Grammar Details

*wā-ʾăšabbərāh*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular with paragogic he - and I broke
*mətalləʿôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - jaws of
*ʿawwāl*: noun, masculine singular - unjust/wicked one
*û-miššinnāyw*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and from his teeth
*ʾašlîk*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I cast/threw
*ṭārep*: noun, masculine singular - prey/torn flesh

Word Meanings

*ʾăšabbərāh*: I broke/shattered/crushed
*mətalləʿôt*: jaws/fangs
*ʿawwāl*: unjust one/wicked person/evil-doer
*šinnāyw*: his teeth/fangs
*ʾašlîk*: I cast out/threw away/flung
*ṭārep*: prey/torn flesh/plunder

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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

Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Ps 58:8 : 8 [ Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
1 Sam 17:35 : 35 I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
Ps 124:6 : 6 Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Ps 124:3 : 3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

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