Job 16:12 Go deeper

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I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. (KJV)

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שָׁ֘לֵ֤וsha.Levat ease

Lemma: שָׁלֵו (sha.lev) · Strong's: H7961

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: at ease

Used 8 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 4:40, Job 20:20, Job 21:23, Psalms 73:12, Jeremiah 49:31, Ezekiel 23:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7961; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 1

הָיִ֨יתִי\׀ha.Yi.tiI was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 2

וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvay.far.pe.Re.niand he smashed me

Lemma: פָּרַר (pa.rar) · Strong's: H6565A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)

Meaning: to break

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6565A; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 3

וְאָחַ֣זve.'a.Chazand he took hold

Lemma: אָחַז (a.chaz) · Strong's: H0270

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)

Meaning: to grasp

Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 34:10, Genesis 47:27, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0270; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 4

בְּ֭עָרְפִּיBe.'a.re.pion neck my

Lemma: עֹ֫רֶף (o.reph) · Strong's: H6203

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: neck

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 49:8, Exodus 23:27, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Exodus 34:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6203; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 5

וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִיvay.fatz.pe.Tze.niand he shattered me

Lemma: פָּצַץ (pa.tsats) · Strong's: H6327D

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)

Meaning: to shatter

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 23:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6327D; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 6

וַיְקִימֵ֥נִיvay.ki.Me.niand he set up me

Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965I

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to arise: establish

Used 174 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6965I; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 7

לְמַטָּרָֽה\׃le.ma.ta.Rahto a target

Lemma: מַטָּרָה (mat.ta.rah) · Strong's: H4307H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: guardhouse

Used 15 times. Also: 1 Samuel 20:20, Nehemiah 3:25, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 32:8, Jeremiah 32:12, Jeremiah 33:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4307H; TAHOT Job 16:12 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

I was	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
at ease	→	שָׁלֵו H7961 at ease
but He shattered me	→	פָּרַר H6565A to break
He seized me	→	אָחַז H0270 to grasp
by the neck	→	עֹ֫רֶף H6203 neck
and crushed me	→	פָּצַץ H6327D to shatter
He has set me up	→	קוּם H6965I to arise: establish
as His	→
target	→	מַטָּרָה H4307H guardhouse

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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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