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And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. (KJV)
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וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִיVa.tik.me.te.niand you have seized me
Lemma: קָמַט (qa.mat) · Strong's: H7059
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqw2ms)
Meaning: to seize
Used 2 times. Also: Job 22:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7059; TAHOT Job 16:8 word 1
לְעֵ֣דle.'Ed<into> a witness
Lemma: עֵד (ed) · Strong's: H5707
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: witness
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 22:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5707; TAHOT Job 16:8 word 2
הָיָ֑הha.Yahit has become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
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 16:8 word 3
וַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komand it has risen up
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to arise: attack
Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 15:7, Exodus 32:25, Deuteronomy 19:11, Deuteronomy 22:26, Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 33:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965J; TAHOT Job 16:8 word 4
כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗יkha.cha.Shileanness my
Lemma: כַּ֫חַשׁ (ka.chash) · Strong's: H3585
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lie
Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 59:12, Hosea 7:3, Hosea 10:13, Hosea 11:12, Nahum 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3585; TAHOT Job 16:8 word 5
בְּפָנַ֥יbe.fa.Naiin face my
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Job 16:8 word 6
יַעֲנֶֽה\׃ya.'a.Nehit testifies
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Job 16:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have bound me | → | קָמַט H7059 to seize |
| [and] it has become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a witness | → | עֵד H5707 witness |
| my frailty | → | כַּ֫חַשׁ H3585 lie |
| rises up | → | קוּם H6965J to arise: attack |
| and testifies | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| against me | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
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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