Job 17:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-hiṣṣiḡanî for-məšōl ʿammîm wə-ṯōp̄eṯ to-faces ʾehye

Grammar Details

*wə-hiṣṣiḡanî*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and he has set/placed me
*məšōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - proverb/byword of
*ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
*wə-ṯōp̄eṯ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and spitting/contempt
*ʾehye*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will be

Word Meanings

*wə-hiṣṣiḡanî*: and he has set/placed/established me
*məšōl*: proverb/byword/taunt/object of mockery
*ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/folk
*wə-ṯōp̄eṯ*: and spitting/contempt/abhorrence
*ʾehye*: I will be/become/exist

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:9 : 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Ps 44:14 : 14 Thou makest{H8799)} us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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