Job 31:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

For from-nəʿûray gədēlanî as-ʾāḇ and-from-beṭen ʾimmî ʾanḥennâ

Grammar Details

*nəʿûray*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my youth
*gədēlanî*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he raised me
*ʾāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - father
*beṭen*: noun, feminine singular construct - womb of
*ʾimmî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mother
*ʾanḥennâ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I guided her

Word Meanings

*nəʿûray*: my youth/my childhood
*gədēlanî*: he raised me/he brought me up
*ʾanḥennâ*: I guided her/I led her/I directed her

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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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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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