Job 29:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ

Transliteration

wə-yiḥălû ka-māṭār lî û-pîhem pāʿărû lə-malqôš

Grammar Details

*wə-yiḥălû*: conjunction + Piel perfect, 3rd person plural - and they waited
*ka-māṭār*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like rain
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - for me
*û-pîhem*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their mouth
*pāʿărû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they opened wide
*lə-malqôš*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for latter rain

Word Meanings

*yiḥălû*: they waited/waited expectantly
*māṭār*: rain/rainfall
*pîhem*: their mouth(s)
*pāʿărû*: they opened wide/gaped
*malqôš*: latter rain/spring rain

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down{H8799)} like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

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