Job 14:2 Go deeper

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (KJV)

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כְּצִ֣יץke.Tzitzlike a flower

Lemma: צִיץ (tsits) · Strong's: H6731A

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

Meaning: flower

Used 14 times. Also: Exodus 28:36, Exodus 39:30, Leviticus 8:9, Numbers 17:8, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6731A; TAHOT Job 14:2 word 1

יָ֭צָאYa.tza'he comes forth

Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318L

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to come out: issue

Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Exodus 8:18, Exodus 22:6, Exodus 25:32, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 25:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3318L; TAHOT Job 14:2 word 2

וַיִּמָּ֑לvai.yi.Maland he withered

Lemma: מָלַל (ma.lal) · Strong's: H5243A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNw3ms)

Meaning: to languish

Used 4 times. Also: Job 18:16, Job 24:24, Psalms 37:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5243A; TAHOT Job 14:2 word 3

וַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.Rachand he fled

Lemma: בָּרַח (ba.rach) · Strong's: H1272

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to flee

Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 31:20, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1272; TAHOT Job 14:2 word 4

כַּ֝צֵּ֗לka.Tzellike <the> shadow

Lemma: צֵל (tsel) · Strong's: H6738

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

Meaning: shadow

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 19:8, Numbers 14:9, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:36, 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6738; TAHOT Job 14:2 word 5

וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and 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 14:2 word 6

יַעֲמֽוֹד\׃ya.'a.Modhe remains

Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G

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

Meaning: to stand: stand

Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Job 14:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Like a flower	→	צִיץ H6731A flower
he comes forth	→	יָצָא H3318L to come out: issue
then withers away	→	מָלַל H5243A to languish
like a fleeting shadow	→	צֵל H6738 shadow
. . .	→	בָּרַח H1272 to flee
he does not	→	לֹא H3808 not
endure	→	עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand

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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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