Job 14:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֤י יִתֵּ֨ן ׀ בִּשְׁא֬וֹל תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁ֣וּב אַפֶּ֑ךָ תָּ֤שִֽׁית לִ֖י חֹ֣ק וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

mî yittēn bišʾôl taṣpînēnî tastîrēnî ʿad-šûb ʾappekā tāšît lî ḥōq wətizkerēnî

Grammar Details

*mî* *yittēn*: interrogative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - who would give (idiomatic: if only/O that)
*bišʾôl*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular - in Sheol
*taṣpînēnî*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular, suffix - you would hide me
*tastîrēnî*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular, suffix - you would conceal me
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*šûb*: verb, qal infinitive construct - turning back of
*ʾappekā*: noun, masculine, singular, construct + 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix - your anger
*tāšît*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you would set/appoint
*lî*: preposition + 1st person, singular, suffix - for me
*ḥōq*: noun, masculine, singular - decree/limit/boundary
*wətizkerēnî*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular, suffix - and you would remember me

Word Meanings

*mî* *yittēn*: who would give/if only/O that (idiomatic expression)
*šəʾôl*: Sheol/grave/underworld
*taṣpînēnî*: hide me/conceal me/treasure me up
*tastîrēnî*: conceal me/hide me/shelter me
*šûb*: turning back/return/subsiding
*ʾappekā*: your anger/your wrath/your nostrils
*tāšît*: set/appoint/establish
*ḥōq*: decree/statute/appointed time/limit
*tizkerēnî*: remember me/be mindful of me/take notice of me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:20-21 : 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Mark 13:32 : 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Luke 23:42 : 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Gen 8:1 : 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
Job 3:17-19 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Ps 106:4 : 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

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