Job 6:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ אָרְח֣וֹת דַּרְכָּ֑ם יַעֲל֖וּ בַתֹּ֣הוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

yillāpətû ʾārəḥôt darkām yaʿălû battōhû wəyōʾbēdû

Grammar Details

*yillāpətû*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they wind/turn aside
*ʾārəḥôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - caravans of
*darkām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way
*yaʿălû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go up
*battōhû*: preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - into the waste/void/emptiness
*wəyōʾbēdû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they perish

Word Meanings

*lāpat*: to twist/turn/bend
*ʾōraḥ*: way/path/caravan
*derekh*: way/road/journey
*ʿālâ*: to go up/ascend/climb
*tōhû*: formlessness/waste/emptiness
*ʾābad*: to perish/be destroyed

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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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