Job 16:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃

Transliteration

śaq tāpartî ʿălê gildî wə-ʿōlaltî beʿāpār qarnî

Grammar Details

*śaq*: noun masculine singular - sackcloth
*tāpartî*: Qal perfect 1st singular - I have sewn
*ʿălê*: preposition - upon
*gildî*: noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my skin
*wə-ʿōlaltî*: conjunction + Pilel perfect 1st singular - and I have defiled
*beʿāpār*: preposition + noun masculine singular - in the dust
*qarnî*: noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my horn

Word Meanings

*śaq*: sackcloth, mourning cloth
*tāpartî*: to sew, stitch together
*gildî*: skin, hide
*ʿōlaltî*: to thrust in, defile, insert
*ʿāpār*: dust, powder, earth
*qarnî*: horn, power, dignity

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Ps 7:5 : 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Ps 75:5 : 5 Lift not up{H8686)} your horn on high: speak{H8762)} not with a stiff neck.
Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Job 30:19 : 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
1 Sam 2:10 : 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off{H8762)}; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted{H8783)}.

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