Job 16:20 Go deeper

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. (KJV)

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מְלִיצַ֥יme.li.Tzai[are] scoffing at me

Lemma: לִיץ (luts) · Strong's: H3887

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVhrmpc)

Meaning: to mock

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 42:23, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Job 33:23, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 119:51, Proverbs 1:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3887; TAHOT Job 16:20 word 1

רֵעָ֑יre.'Aicompanions my

Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: neighbor

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Job 16:20 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Job 16:20 word 3

אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haGod

Lemma: אֱלֹהַּ (e.lo.ah) · Strong's: H0433

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

Meaning: god

Used 57 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Job 3:4, Job 3:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0433; TAHOT Job 16:20 word 4

דָּלְפָ֥הdal.Fahit has wept

Lemma: דָּלַף (da.laph) · Strong's: H1811

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to drip

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 119:28, Ecclesiastes 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1811; TAHOT Job 16:20 word 5

עֵינִֽי\׃'ei.Nieye my

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Job 16:20 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

My friends	→	רֵעַ H7453 neighbor
are my scoffers	→	לִיץ H3887 to mock
as my eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
pour out [tears]	→	דָּלַף H1811 to drip
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
God	→	אֱלֹהַּ H0433 god

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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