Job 34:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֣וּ חֲכָמִ֣ים מִלָּ֑י וְ֝יֹדְעִ֗ים הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃

Transliteration

šimʿû ḥăkāmîm millāy wə-yōdəʿîm haʾăzînû lî

Grammar Details

*šimʿû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
*ḥăkāmîm*: masculine plural noun - wise ones/sages
*millāy*: feminine plural noun construct + 1st person singular suffix - my words
*wə-yōdəʿîm*: waw conjunction + Qal participle, masculine plural - and knowing ones
*haʾăzînû*: Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - give ear/hearken
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me

Word Meanings

*šimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
*ḥăkāmîm*: wise men/sages/those with wisdom
*millāy*: my words/speech/utterance
*yōdəʿîm*: knowing ones/those with knowledge/the learned
*haʾăzînû*: give ear/pay attention/listen carefully

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Prov 1:5 : 5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

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