Job 10:18 Go deeper
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Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! (KJV)
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וְלָ֣מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 1
מֵ֭רֶחֶםMe.re.chemfrom [the] womb
Lemma: רֶ֫חֶם (re.chem) · Strong's: H7358
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: womb
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 20:18, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Exodus 13:2, Exodus 13:12, Exodus 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7358; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 2
הֹצֵאתָ֑נִיho.tze.Ta.nidid you bring out me
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318M
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)
Meaning: to come out: produce
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318M; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 3
אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע'eg.Va'I expired
Lemma: גָּוַע (ga.va) · Strong's: H1478
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to die
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:21, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 49:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1478; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 4
וְעַ֣יִןve.'A.yinand an eye
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 5
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 6
תִרְאֵֽנִי\׃tir.'E.niit saw me
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Job 10:18 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Why then | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| did You bring me | → | יָצָא H3318M to come out: produce |
| from the womb | → | רֶ֫חֶם H7358 womb |
| Oh, that I had died | → | גָּוַע H1478 to die |
| and no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| eye | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| had seen me | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
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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