Job 37:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ לֹ֘א רָ֤אוּ א֗וֹר בָּהִ֣יר ה֭וּא בַּשְּׁחָקִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ עָ֝בְרָ֗ה וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattāh lōʾ rāʾû ʾôr bāhîr hûʾ baš-šəḥāqîm wə-rûaḥ ʿāḇrāh wat-təṭahărēm

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*rāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they see/saw
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
*bāhîr*: adjective, masculine singular - bright/clear
*hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it
*baš-šəḥāqîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the clouds/skies
*wə-rûaḥ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and wind
*ʿāḇrāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - passes/passed
*wat-təṭahărēm*: conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and it clears them

Word Meanings

*bāhîr*: bright/clear/brilliant/shining
*šəḥāqîm*: clouds/skies/heavens
*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit
*ʿāḇrāh*: passes/passed by/crossed over
*təṭahărēm*: clears them/cleanses them/purifies them

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
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

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Job 36:32 : 32 He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
Job 38:25 : 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

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