Job 28:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א תְסֻלֶּֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

Not-yaʿarḵennāh piṭḏaṯ-kûš with-keṯem ṭāhôr not təsulleh

Grammar Details

*yaʿarḵennāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he compares it
*piṭḏaṯ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - topaz of
*kûš*: proper noun, location - Cush/Ethiopia
*keṯem*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - gold
*ṭāhôr*: adjective, masculine, singular, absolute - pure
*təsulleh*: verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is valued

Word Meanings

*yaʿarḵennāh*: compares it/arranges against it/values it against
*piṭḏaṯ*: topaz/chrysolite/peridot
*kûš*: Cush/Ethiopia
*keṯem* *ṭāhôr*: pure gold/refined gold
*təsulleh*: is valued/weighed/compared

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 28:17 : 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
Exod 39:10 : 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
Ezek 28:13 : 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Rev 21:20 : 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

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