KJV: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
YLT: Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?
Darby: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
ASV: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
שִׁמְעוּ־ | Hear |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey. |
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זֹאת֙ | this |
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such. |
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הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים | you elders |
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural Root: זָקֵן Sense: old. |
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וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ | and give ear |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural Root: אָזַן Sense: to hear, listen. |
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יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י | you inhabitants |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide. |
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הָאָ֑רֶץ | of the land |
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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הֶהָ֤יְתָה | Has [anything] happened |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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זֹּאת֙ | [like] this |
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such. |
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בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם | in your days |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year. |
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וְאִ֖ם | Or even |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if. |
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בִּימֵ֥י | in the days |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year. |
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؟ אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם | of your fathers |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual. |