Job 27:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יּוֹב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁל֗וֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-yōsep̄ ʾiyyôḇ śʾēt məšālô wə-yōʾmar

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōsep̄*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he continued/added
• *ʾiyyôḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Job
• *śʾēt*: Qal infinitive construct - to lift/take up
• *məšālô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his proverb/discourse/parable
• *wə-yōʾmar*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said

Word Meanings

• *yōsep̄*: continue/add/proceed
• *śʾēt*: to lift up/take up/raise/carry
• *məšāl*: proverb/parable/discourse/oracle

Referenced Verses

• Num 24:15 : 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
• Job 29:1 : 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
• Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
• Num 24:3 : 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
• Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline{H8686)} mine ear to a parable: I will open{H8799)} my dark saying upon the harp.
• Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open{H8799)} my mouth in a parable: I will utter{H8686)} dark sayings of old:
• Prov 26:7 : 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.