Job 15:17 Go deeper
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I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; (KJV)
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אֲחַוְךָ֥'a.chav.KhaI will tell you
Lemma: חָוָה (cha.vah) · Strong's: H2331
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to explain
Used 6 times. Also: Job 32:6, Job 32:10, Job 32:17, Job 36:2, Psalms 19:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2331; TAHOT Job 15:17 word 1
שְֽׁמַֽע\־she.ma'-listen
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
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 15:17 word 2
וְזֶֽה\־ve.zeh-and what
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Job 15:17 word 3
חָ֝זִ֗יתִיcha.Zi.tiI have seen
Lemma: חָזָה (cha.zah) · Strong's: H2372
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to see
Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 18:21, Exodus 24:11, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Job 8:17, Job 19:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2372; TAHOT Job 15:17 word 4
וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה\׃va.'a.sa.Pe.rahand I will recount
Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)
Meaning: to recount
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Job 15:17 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| to me | → | |
| and I will inform you | → | חָוָה H2331 to explain |
| I will describe | → | סָפַר H5608A to recount |
| what | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| I have seen | → | חָזָה H2372 to see |
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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