Job 29:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּצֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין מוֹשָׁבִֽי

Transliteration

bə-ṣēʾtî šaʿar ʿălê-qāret bā-rəḥôb ʾākîn môšābî

Grammar Details

*bə-ṣēʾtî*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - when I went out
*šaʿar*: noun, masculine singular - gate
*ʿălê-qāret*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - to/toward city
*bā-rəḥôb*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in the street/plaza/open area
*ʾākîn*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I prepared/set up
*môšābî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my seat

Word Meanings

*bə-ṣēʾtî*: when I went out/came forth
*šaʿar*: gate/entrance/doorway
*qāret*: city/town
*rəḥôb*: street/plaza/broad place/town square
*ʾākîn*: I prepared/established/set up

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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

Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Deut 21:19 : 19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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