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Job 17:6

“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָצַגyâtsag · yaw-tsag'
H3322 · Hebrew

Definition: to place permanently
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: establish, leave, make, present, put, set, stay.
Grammar: וְֽ֭ — conjunction
הִצִּגַ — verb Hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
נִי — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vhp3ms/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:38 Genesis 33:15 Genesis 43:9 Genesis 47:2 Exodus 10:24

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָצַג here.

Verse 5 Verse 7

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.