Job 39:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

yiśḥaq la-hămôn qiryāh təšuʾôt nôgēś lōʾ yišmāʿ

Grammar Details

*yiśḥaq*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he laughs/mocks
*la*: preposition - at/to
*hămôn*: masculine singular construct - multitude/tumult of
*qiryāh*: feminine singular absolute - city/town
*təšuʾôt*: feminine plural construct - shoutings of
*nôgēś*: qal participle, masculine singular absolute - taskmaster/driver
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yišmāʿ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he hears/obeys

Word Meanings

*yiśḥaq*: he laughs/mocks/scorns
*hămôn*: multitude/tumult/noise
*qiryāh*: city/town
*təšuʾôt*: shoutings/cries/noise
*nôgēś*: taskmaster/driver/oppressor
*yišmāʿ*: he hears/obeys/listens to

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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

Job 3:18 : 18 There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Job 39:18 : 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Isa 31:4 : 4 For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Exod 5:13-16 : 13 And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore? 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
Exod 5:18 : 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

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