Job 30:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי

Transliteration

And ʿattâ, upon me tištappēḵ my nap̄šî, they yōʾḥăzûnî yəmê-ʿōnî

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿattâ*: conjunction with adverb - and now
*ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me
*tištappēḵ*: verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it pours itself out
*nap̄šî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*yōʾḥăzûnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they seize me
*yəmê-ʿōnî*: noun, masculine plural construct with noun, masculine singular - days of affliction

Word Meanings

*ʿattâ*: now/at this time
*tištappēḵ*: pours itself out/is poured out/melts away
*nap̄šî*: my soul/my being/my life
*yōʾḥăzûnî*: they seize me/they take hold of me/they grip me
*yəmê-ʿōnî*: days of affliction/days of suffering/days of misery

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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 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Isa 53:12 : 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
1 Sam 1:15 : 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Jehovah.
Job 3:24 : 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

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