Job 31:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃

Transliteration

In-the-ḥûṣ not-yālîn gēr dəlātay to-ʾōraḥ ʾeptāḥ

Grammar Details

*ḥûṣ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - outside
*yālîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he lodges/spends the night
*gēr*: noun, masculine singular - stranger/sojourner
*dəlātay*: noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my doors
*ʾōraḥ*: noun, masculine singular - traveler/wayfarer
*ʾeptāḥ*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I open

Word Meanings

*ḥûṣ*: outside/street
*yālîn*: spends the night/lodges/stays
*gēr*: stranger/sojourner/foreigner
*dəlātay*: my doors/my entrances
*ʾōraḥ*: traveler/wayfarer/wanderer

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:2-3 : 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Judg 19:20-21 : 20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Heb 13:2 : 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Rom 12:13 : 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
1 Tim 5:10 : 10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matt 25:44-45 : 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Job 31:17-18 : 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Judg 19:15 : 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

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20And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
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