Job 39:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ואפרחו **וְאֶפְרֹחָ֥יו יְעַלְעוּ־דָ֑ם וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר חֲ֝לָלִ֗ים שָׁ֣ם הֽוּא׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-ʾeprōḥāyw yəʿalʿû-dām û-ba-ʾăšer ḥălālîm šām hûʾ

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾeprōḥāyw*: masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his young ones
*yəʿalʿû*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they gulp/suck up
*dām*: masculine singular absolute - blood
*û*: conjunction - and
*ba*: preposition - in
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - where
*ḥălālîm*: masculine plural absolute - slain ones
*šām*: adverb - there
*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he

Word Meanings

*ʾeprōḥāyw*: his young ones/his nestlings/his brood
*yəʿalʿû*: they gulp/suck up/lap up
*dām*: blood
*ʾăšer*: where/which/that
*ḥălālîm*: slain ones/corpses/dead bodies
*šām*: there
*hûʾ*: he/it

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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

Matt 24:28 : 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 17:37 : 37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Ezek 39:17-19 : 17 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

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