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And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD . (KJV)
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וַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.Merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 1
עָרֹ֨ם'a.Romnaked
Lemma: עָרוֹם (a.rom) · Strong's: H6174
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: naked
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, 1 Samuel 19:24, Job 22:6, Job 24:7, Job 24:10, Job 26:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6174; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 2
מִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenfrom [the] womb of
Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: belly: womb
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 3
אִמִּ֗י'i.Mimother my
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 4
וְעָרֹם֙ve.'a.Romand naked
Lemma: עָרוֹם (a.rom) · Strong's: H6174
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: naked
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, 1 Samuel 19:24, Job 22:6, Job 24:7, Job 24:10, Job 26:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6174; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 5
אָשׁ֣וּב'a.ShuvI will return
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 6
שָׁ֔מָהSha.mahthere towards
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 7
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 8
נָתַ֔ןna.Tanhe gave
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 9
וַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 10
לָקָ֑חla.Kachhe has taken
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 11
יְהִ֛יye.Himay it be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 12
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 13
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 14
מְבֹרָֽךְ\׃me.vo.Rakhblessed
Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)
Meaning: to bless
Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Job 1:21 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| saying | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Naked | → | עָרוֹם H6174 naked |
| I came | → | H3318 |
| from my mother’s | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| womb | → | בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb |
| and naked | → | עָרוֹם H6174 naked |
| I will return | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| . . . | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| gave | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| and the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| has taken away | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| Blessed | → | בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless |
| be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| the name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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