Job 10:20 Go deeper
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Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, (KJV)
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הֲלֹא\־ha.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 10:20 word 1
מְעַ֣טme.'Atfew
Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: little
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Job 10:20 word 2
יָמַ֣יya.Mai[are] days my
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Job 10:20 word 3
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.nifrom me
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Job 10:20 word 4
וְאַבְלִ֥יגָהve.'av.Li.gahso I may be cheerful
Lemma: בָּלַג (ba.lag) · Strong's: H1082
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhc1cs)
Meaning: be cheerful
Used 4 times. Also: Job 9:27, Psalms 39:13, Amos 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1082; TAHOT Job 10:20 word 5
מְּעָֽט\׃me.'Ata little
Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: little
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Job 10:20 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Are my days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| few | → | מְעַט H4592 little |
| Withdraw | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| . . . | → | H7896 |
| from me | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| that I may have a little comfort | → | בָּלַג H1082 be cheerful |
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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