Job 16:15 Go deeper
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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. (KJV)
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שַׂ֣קsaksackcloth
Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sackcloth
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 1
תָּ֭פַרְתִּיTa.far.tiI have sewed
Lemma: תָּפַר (ta.phar) · Strong's: H8609
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to sew
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Ezekiel 13:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8609; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 2
עֲלֵ֣י'a.Leiover
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 3
גִלְדִּ֑יgil.Diskin my
Lemma: גֶּ֫לֶד (ge.led) · Strong's: H1539
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: skin
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1539; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 4
וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּיve.'o.Lal.tiand I have inserted
Lemma: עָלַל (a.lal) · Strong's: H5953D
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)
Meaning: to thrust
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5953D; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 5
בֶעָפָ֣רve.'a.Farin the dust
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dust
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 6
קַרְנִֽי\׃kar.Nihorn my
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶן (qe.ren) · Strong's: H7161A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: horn
Used 75 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 29:12, Exodus 30:2, Exodus 30:3, Exodus 30:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7161A; TAHOT Job 16:15 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I have sewn | → | תָּפַר H8609 to sew |
| sackcloth | → | שַׂק H8242 sackcloth |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| my skin | → | גֶּ֫לֶד H1539 skin |
| I have buried | → | עָלַל H5953D to thrust |
| my horn | → | קֶ֫רֶן H7161A horn |
| in the dust | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
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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