Job 29:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׂ֭רִים עָצְר֣וּ בְמִלִּ֑ים וְ֝כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם

Transliteration

śārîm ʿāṣrû bə-millîm wə-kap yāśîmû lə-pîhem

Grammar Details

*śārîm*: noun, masculine plural - princes/officials/rulers
*ʿāṣrû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they restrained/stopped
*bə-millîm*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - with words
*wə-kap*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and palm/hand
*yāśîmû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they placed/put
*lə-pîhem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their mouth

Word Meanings

*śārîm*: princes/officials/nobles/chiefs
*ʿāṣrû*: they restrained/stopped/held back
*millîm*: words/speech
*kap*: palm/hand/sole
*yāśîmû*: they put/placed/laid

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 21:5 : 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Judg 18:19 : 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Job 4:2 : 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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