KJV: For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
YLT: For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,
Darby: For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
ASV: For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:
| שְׁאַל־ | inquire |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: שָׁאַל Sense: to ask, enquire, borrow, beg. |
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| נָ֭א | please |
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Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please. |
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| לְדֹ֣ר | and of the age |
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Parse: Preposition, Noun, masculine singular Root: דֹּור Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling. |
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| רִישׁ֑וֹן | former |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: רִאשֹׁון Sense: first, primary, former. |
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| וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן | and consider |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established. |
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| לְחֵ֣קֶר | The things discovered by |
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Parse: Preposition, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֵקֶר Sense: a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out. |
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| אֲבוֹתָֽם | their fathers |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual. |
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