New American Standard Bible 1995

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"It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"[It is] like as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as Adv H5613 Ὡς ōs
a man a man, human, mankind N-NMS H444 ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos
away on a journey, gone abroad Adj-NMS H590 ἀπόδημος apodēmos
[who] upon leaving to send away, leave alone, permit V-APA-NMS H863 ἀφεὶς apheis
his house a house, dwelling N-AFS H3614 οἰκίαν oikian
and putting to give (in various senses lit. or fig.) V-APA-NMS H1325 δοὺς dous
his slaves a slave N-DMP H1401 δούλοις doulois
in charge, power to act, authority N-AFS H1849 ἐξουσίαν exousian
[assigning] to each one each, every Adj-DMS H1538 ἑκάστῳ ekastō
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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his task, work N-ANS H2041 ἔργον ergon
also and, even, also Conj H2532 καὶ kai
commanded to enjoin, to charge, command V-AIM-3S H1781 ἐνετείλατο eneteilato
the doorkeeper a doorkeeper N-DMS H2377 θυρωρῷ thurōrō
to stay on the alert. to be awake, to watch V-PSA-3S H1127 γρηγορῇ grēgorē

People

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a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

Parallel Verses

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.
King James Bible "It For the Son of man is like as a man away on taking a far journey, who upon leaving left his house house, and putting gave authority to his slaves in charge, assigning servants, and to each one every man his task, also work, and commanded the doorkeeper porter to stay on the alert.watch.
Berean Bible "It It is like a man away going on a journey, who upon leaving having left his house house, and putting having given his slaves in charge, assigning servants authority, to each one his task, also work. And he commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.that he should keep watch.
Hebrew Greek English "It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.