Job 41:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִ֭בּוֹ יָצ֣וּק כְּמוֹ־אָ֑בֶן וְ֝יָצ֗וּק כְּפֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃

Transliteration

Libbô yāṣûq kəmô-ʾāḇen wəyāṣûq kəp̄elaḥ taḥtît

Grammar Details

*Libbô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his heart
*yāṣûq*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - cast/firm
*kəmô*-*ʾāḇen*: preposition like with noun, feminine singular - like stone
*wəyāṣûq*: conjunction with qal passive participle, masculine singular - and firm
*kəp̄elaḥ*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - like piece/millstone of
*taḥtît*: noun, feminine singular - lower/nether

Word Meanings

*Libbô*: his heart/his mind/his inner being
*yāṣûq*: cast/firm/hard
*ʾāḇen*: stone/rock
*p̄elaḥ*: piece/millstone/lower millstone
*taḥtît*: lower/nether/bottom

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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