Job 12:15 Go deeper

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. (KJV)

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הֵ֤ןhenthere!

Lemma: הֵן (hen) · Strong's: H2005

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: look!

Used 316 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2005; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 1

יַעְצֹ֣רya'.Tzorhe holds back

Lemma: עָצַר (a.tsar) · Strong's: H6113

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to restrain

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 16:2, Genesis 20:18, Numbers 16:48, Numbers 16:50, Numbers 25:8, Deuteronomy 11:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6113; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 2

בַּמַּ֣יִםba.Ma.yim<in> the waters

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: water

Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 3

וְיִבָ֑שׁוּve.yi.Va.shuso they may be dry

Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqu3mp)

Meaning: to wither

Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3001; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 4

וִֽ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗םvi.sha.le.Chemand he lets loose them

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpu3ms)

Meaning: to send: depart

Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 5

וְיַ֖הַפְכוּve.Ya.haf.khuand they may devastate

Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqu3mp)

Meaning: to overturn

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 6

אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Job 12:15 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

If	→	הֵן H2005 look!
He holds back	→	עָצַר H6113 to restrain
the waters	→	מַי H4325G water
they dry up	→	יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither
and if He releases them	→	שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart
they overwhelm	→	הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn
the land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet

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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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