Job 36:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃

Transliteration

kattar-lî zəʿêr wə-ʾăḥawwekkā kî ʿôd le-ʾĕlôah millîm

Grammar Details

*kattar-lî*: Piel imperative + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - wait for me
*zəʿêr*: adjective, masculine singular - little/small/a while
*wə-ʾăḥawwekkā*: waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will show you
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/yet
*le-ʾĕlôah*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for God
*millîm*: noun, feminine plural - words

Word Meanings

*kattar*: wait/be patient/bear with
*zəʿêr*: little while/a bit/a moment
*ʾăḥawwekkā*: show you/inform you/explain to you
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity (singular form related to Elohim)

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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 21:3 : 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
Heb 13:22 : 22 But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words.
Exod 4:16 : 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
Job 33:6 : 6 Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.
Job 33:31-33 : 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
Jer 15:19 : 19 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.
Ezek 2:7 : 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

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