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לֶאְסֹ֣רlesorto bindאָסַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to bind”, the to-form of the verbH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.שָׂרָ֣יוsarayvcaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.בְּנַפְשׁ֑וֹbenafshvoin creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וּזְקֵנָ֥יוuzeqenayvand oldזָקֵןconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and old”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2205oldaged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.יְחַכֵּֽםyechakembe wiseחָכַםverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be wise”, an unfinished actionH2449to be wise (in mind, word or act)[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
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American Standard Version (1901)
To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.
Young’s Literal Translation
To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
World English Bible
to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
Darby Translation
To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
Douay-Rheims
Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
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