Genesis 27:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּה־נָ֖א זָקַ֑נְתִּי לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי י֥וֹם מוֹתִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer, hinnēh-nāʾ zāqantiy, lōʾ yādaʿtiy yôm môtiy.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*zāqantiy*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become old/I am old
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yādaʿtiy*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know/I have known
*yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day of
*môtiy*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my death

Word Meanings

*hinnēh-nāʾ*: behold now/please look/see now
*zāqantiy*: I have grown old/I am aged/I have become elderly
*lōʾ yādaʿtiy*: I do not know/I have not known
*yôm môtiy*: day of my death/time of my dying

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 47:29 : 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Gen 48:21 : 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
Prov 27:1 : 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
Isa 38:3 : 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Mark 13:35 : 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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