Job 6:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃

Transliteration

bəʿēt yəzōrəbû niṣmātû bəḥummô nidʿăkû mimməqômām

Grammar Details

*bəʿēt*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in time/when
*yəzōrəbû*: Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are heated/scorched
*niṣmātû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are extinguished/cut off
*bəḥummô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in its heat
*nidʿăkû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are extinguished
*mimməqômām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from their place

Word Meanings

*ʿēt*: time/season
*zārab*: to flow/scorch/burn/parch
*ṣāmat*: to extinguish/destroy/cut off
*ḥōm*: heat/warmth
*dāʿak*: to go out/be extinguished
*māqôm*: place/location

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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

1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Job 24:19 : 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.

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