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מִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִתֵּ֣ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֵ֭פוֹefvohereאֵפוֹadverb — “here”H645strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or thenhere, now, where?וְיִכָּתְב֣וּןveyikatevunand describeכָּתַבconjunction, verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “and describe”, an unfinished actionH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).מִלָּ֑יmilaywordמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “word”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.מִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִתֵּ֖ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…בַּסֵּ֣פֶרbaseferin bookסֵפֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in book”, the ordinary formH5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a bookbill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.וְיֻחָֽקוּveyuchaqvand appointחָקַקconjunction, verb, hophal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and appoint”, an unfinished actionH2710properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribeappoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
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American Standard Version (1901)
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Young’s Literal Translation
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
World English Bible
“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Darby Translation
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Douay-Rheims
Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book for ever,
The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
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