Job 30:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר

Transliteration

He hōrānî to the ḥōmer and I wāʾeṯmaššēl like ʿāp̄ār and wāʾēp̄er

Grammar Details

*hōrānî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he has cast me/thrown me
*la-ḥōmer*: preposition with definite article with noun, masculine singular - to the clay/mud
*wāʾeṯmaššēl*: conjunction with verb, hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - and I become like/resemble
*ke-ʿāp̄ār*: preposition of comparison with noun, masculine singular - like dust
*wā-ʾēp̄er*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and ashes

Word Meanings

*hōrānî*: cast me/thrown me/hurled me
*ḥōmer*: clay/mud/mire
*wāʾeṯmaššēl*: become like/resemble/am comparable to
*ʿāp̄ār*: dust/earth/soil
*ʾēp̄er*: ashes/dust

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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 9:31 : 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
Job 2:8 : 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 69:14 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Jer 38:6 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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