Job 32:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When I had waited,(for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

And wəhôḥaltî because-kî-not-lōʾ yədabbērû because kî ʿāmədû not-lōʾ-ʿānû ʿôd

Grammar Details

*wəhôḥaltî*: waw conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person common singular - and I waited
*kî*: conjunction - because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yədabbērû*: piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they speak
*ʿāmədû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they stand
*ʿānû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they answered
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/anymore

Word Meanings

*wəhôḥaltî*: and I waited/and I tarried
*kî-lōʾ yədabbērû*: because they do not speak/because they were silent
*ʿāmədû*: they stand/they stood still/they stopped
*lōʾ-ʿānû ʿôd*: they no longer answered/they did not respond anymore

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:5 : 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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