Job 13:12 Go deeper

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. (KJV)

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זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶםZikh.ro.nei.khemmemorials your

Lemma: זִכָּרוֹן (zikh.ron) · Strong's: H2146

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: memorial

Used 24 times. Also: Exodus 12:14, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 30:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2146; TAHOT Job 13:12 word 1

מִשְׁלֵי\־mish.lei-[are] proverbs of

Lemma: מָשָׁל (ma.shal) · Strong's: H4912

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: proverb

Used 39 times. Also: Numbers 23:7, Numbers 23:18, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:20, Numbers 24:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4912; TAHOT Job 13:12 word 2

אֵ֑פֶר'E.ferash[es]

Lemma: אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) · Strong's: H0665

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: ashes

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:10, 2 Samuel 13:19, Esther 4:1, Esther 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0665; TAHOT Job 13:12 word 3

לְגַבֵּי\־le.ga.bei-[are] <to> defenses of

Lemma: גַּב (gav) · Strong's: H1354

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: back/rim/brow

Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 14:9, 1 Kings 7:33, Job 15:26, Psalms 129:3, Ezekiel 1:18, Ezekiel 10:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1354; TAHOT Job 13:12 word 4

חֹ֝֗מֶרCho.merclay

Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: clay

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 1:14, Job 4:19, Job 10:9, Job 27:16, Job 30:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2563A; TAHOT Job 13:12 word 5

גַּבֵּיכֶֽם\׃ga.bei.Khemdefenses your

Lemma: גַּב (gav) · Strong's: H1354

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: back/rim/brow

Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 14:9, 1 Kings 7:33, Job 15:26, Psalms 129:3, Ezekiel 1:18, Ezekiel 10:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1354; TAHOT Job 13:12 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Your maxims	→	זִכָּרוֹן H2146 memorial
are proverbs	→	מָשָׁל H4912 proverb
of ashes	→	אֵ֫פֶר H0665 ashes
your defenses	→	גַּב H1354 back/rim/brow
are defenses	→	גַּב H1354 back/rim/brow
of clay	→	חֹ֫מֶר H2563A clay

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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