Job 15:28 Go deeper

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. (KJV)

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וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן\׀vai.yish.Konand he dwelt

Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931

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

Meaning: to dwell

Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 1

עָ֘רִ֤ים'a.Rimcities

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

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

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 2

נִכְחָד֗וֹתnikh.cha.Dotdestroyed

Lemma: כָּחַד (ka.chad) · Strong's: H3582

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrfpa)

Meaning: to hide

Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 47:18, Exodus 9:15, Exodus 23:23, Joshua 7:19, 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 3:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3582; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 3

בָּ֭תִּיםBa.timhouses

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

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

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 4

לֹא\־lo'-[which] 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 15:28 word 5

יֵ֣שְׁבוּYe.she.vupeople will dwell

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 6

אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sherwhich

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 7

הִתְעַתְּד֣וּhit.'a.te.Duthey are destined

Lemma: עָתֹד (a.tad) · Strong's: H6257

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVtp3cp)

Meaning: be ready

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 24:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6257; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 8

לְגַלִּֽים\׃le.ga.Limfor heaps of stones

Lemma: גַּל (gal) · Strong's: H1530G

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

Meaning: heap

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 31:46, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:51, Genesis 31:52, Joshua 7:26, Joshua 8:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1530G; TAHOT Job 15:28 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

he will dwell	→	שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell
in ruined	→	כָּחַד H3582 to hide
cities	→	עִיר H5892B city
in abandoned	→	לֹא H3808 not
. . .	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
houses	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
destined	→	עָתֹד H6257 be ready
to become rubble	→	גַּל H1530G heap

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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