Job 19:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃‬

Transliteration

bə-ʿēṭ-barzel wə-ʿōpāret lāʿad baṣṣūr yēḥāṣəbūn

Grammar Details

*bə-ʿēṭ-barzel*: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + noun common masculine singular - with an iron stylus
*wə-ʿōpāret*: waw conjunction + noun common feminine singular - and lead
*lāʿad*: preposition + noun common masculine singular - forever
*baṣṣūr*: preposition + definite article + noun common masculine singular - in the rock
*yēḥāṣəbūn*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they would be engraved

Word Meanings

*ʿēṭ*: stylus/pen
*barzel*: iron/iron tool
*ʿōperet*: lead (metal)
*ʿad*: perpetuity/forever/eternity
*ṣūr*: rock/cliff/stone
*ḥāṣab*: to hew/cut/carve

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Exod 28:11-12 : 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
Exod 28:21 : 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Exod 32:16 : 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Deut 27:2-3 : 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
Deut 27:8 : 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

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