Job 31:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי *חלצו **חֲלָצָ֑יו וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃

Transliteration

If-not ḇērăkûnî ḥălāṣāyw and-from-gēz kəḇāśay yitḥammām

Grammar Details

*ḇērăkûnî*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they blessed me
*ḥălāṣāyw*: noun, masculine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his loins
*gēz*: noun, masculine singular construct - fleece/shearing of
*kəḇāśay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my sheep
*yitḥammām*: verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he warmed himself

Word Meanings

*ḇērăkûnî*: they blessed me/they thanked me
*ḥălāṣāyw*: his loins/his body/his sides
*gēz*: fleece/shearing/wool
*yitḥammām*: warmed himself/was warmed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 24:13 : 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Job 29:11 : 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

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