Job 30:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים

Transliteration

And wayəhî to ʾēḇel my kinnōrî, and my ʿuḡāḇî to qôl bōḵîm

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: conjunction with verb, qal imperfect apocopated, 3rd person masculine singular - and it becomes/it is
*lə-ʾēḇel*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - to mourning
*kinnōrî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my harp/lyre
*wə-ʿuḡāḇî*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my flute/pipe
*lə-qôl*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - for voice of
*bōḵîm*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural - weeping ones

Word Meanings

*wayəhî*: becomes/is/turns into
*ʾēḇel*: mourning/lamentation
*kinnōrî*: my harp/my lyre
*ʿuḡāḇî*: my flute/my pipe/my reed instrument
*qôl*: voice/sound
*bōḵîm*: weeping ones/those who weep

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Lam 5:15 : 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
Ps 137:1-4 : 1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. 3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
Eccl 3:4 : 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

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