Job 29:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף

Transliteration

wā-ʾăšabbərāh mətalləʿôt ʿawwāl û-miššinnāyw ʾašlîk ṭārep

Grammar Details

*wā-ʾăšabbərāh*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular with paragogic he - and I broke
*mətalləʿôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - jaws of
*ʿawwāl*: noun, masculine singular - unjust/wicked one
*û-miššinnāyw*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and from his teeth
*ʾašlîk*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I cast/threw
*ṭārep*: noun, masculine singular - prey/torn flesh

Word Meanings

*ʾăšabbərāh*: I broke/shattered/crushed
*mətalləʿôt*: jaws/fangs
*ʿawwāl*: unjust one/wicked person/evil-doer
*šinnāyw*: his teeth/fangs
*ʾašlîk*: I cast out/threw away/flung
*ṭārep*: prey/torn flesh/plunder

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Ps 58:8 : 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away{H8799)}: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see{H8804)} the sun.
1 Sam 17:35 : 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
Ps 124:6 : 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Ps 124:3 : 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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