Proverbs 30:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The greyhound; The he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַרְזִ֣יר מָתְנַ֣יִם אוֹ־תָ֑יִשׁ וּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְ אַלְק֥וּם עִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

zarzîr motnayim ʾô-tāyiš û-melek ʾalqûm ʿimmô

Grammar Details

*zarzîr*: masculine singular noun - strutting rooster/greyhound/war-horse
*motnayim*: masculine dual noun - loins/hips/waist
*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*tāyiš*: masculine singular noun - he-goat
*û-melek*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and king
*ʾalqûm*: uncertain term - against whom/with his troops
*ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him

Word Meanings

*zarzîr motnayim*: strutting rooster/greyhound/war-horse girt in the loins/stag
*tāyiš*: he-goat/male goat/leader of the flock
*ʾalqûm*: against whom there is no rising up/with his army/not to be resisted/with his band

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:14 : 14 The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
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Dan 3:15-18 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

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