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Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. (KJV)
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שִׁמְעוּ\־shim.'u-listen to
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Job 13:6 word 1
נָ֥אna'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Job 13:6 word 2
תוֹכַחְתִּ֑יto.khach.Tiargument my
Lemma: תּוֹכַ֫חַת (to.kha.chat) · Strong's: H8433B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: argument
Used 24 times. Also: Job 23:4, Psalms 38:14, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 73:14, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8433B; TAHOT Job 13:6 word 3
וְרִב֖וֹתve.ri.Votand [the] contentions of
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: strife
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Job 13:6 word 4
שְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.Tailips my
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lips
Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Job 13:6 word 5
הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ\׃hak.Shi.vupay attention to
Lemma: קָשַׁב (qa.shav) · Strong's: H7181
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to listen
Used 46 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Nehemiah 9:34, Job 33:31, Psalms 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7181; TAHOT Job 13:6 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| now | → | נָא H4994 please |
| my argument | → | תּוֹכַ֫חַת H8433B argument |
| and listen | → | קָשַׁב H7181 to listen |
| to the plea | → | רִיב H7379 strife |
| of my lips | → | שָׂפָה H8193G lips |
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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