Job 7:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי

Transliteration

And wattiḇḥar maḥănāq my nafshî māweṯ than my mê'atsmôṯāy

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction - and
*ttiḇḥar*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it chooses
*maḥănāq*: noun, masculine singular - strangling/suffocation
*nafshî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*māweṯ*: noun, masculine singular - death
*mê*: preposition - from/than
*'atsmôṯāy*: noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my bones

Word Meanings

*ttiḇḥar*: chooses/prefers/desires
*maḥănāq*: strangling/suffocation/choking
*nafshî*: my soul/my self/my life
*māweṯ*: death/dying
*'atsmôṯāy*: my bones/my body/my skeleton

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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

2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Matt 27:5 : 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

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