Proverbs 30:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁ֭פַנִּים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָצ֑וּם וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ בַסֶּ֣לַע בֵּיתָֽם׃

Transliteration

šəpannîm ʿam lōʾ-ʿāṣûm wa-yāśîmû ba-sselaʿ bêtām

Grammar Details

*šəpannîm*: masculine plural noun - rock badgers/hyraxes/conies
*ʿam*: masculine singular noun - people/folk
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿāṣûm*: masculine singular adjective - mighty/numerous
*wa-yāśîmû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural from *śym* - and they set/place
*ba-sselaʿ*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the rock/cliff
*bêtām*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their house/home

Word Meanings

*šəpannîm*: hyraxes/rock badgers/conies/rock rabbits
*ʿāṣûm*: mighty/numerous/powerful
*ba-sselaʿ*: in the rock/in the cliff/among the crags

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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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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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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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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:18 : 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
Lev 11:5 : 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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