Job 31:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי *חלצו **חֲלָצָ֑יו וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃

Transliteration

If-not ḇērăkûnî ḥălāṣāyw and-from-gēz kəḇāśay yitḥammām

Grammar Details

*ḇērăkûnî*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they blessed me
*ḥălāṣāyw*: noun, masculine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his loins
*gēz*: noun, masculine singular construct - fleece/shearing of
*kəḇāśay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my sheep
*yitḥammām*: verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he warmed himself

Word Meanings

*ḇērăkûnî*: they blessed me/they thanked me
*ḥălāṣāyw*: his loins/his body/his sides
*gēz*: fleece/shearing/wool
*yitḥammām*: warmed himself/was warmed

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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 24:13 : 13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
Job 29:11 : 11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

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