Job 17:13 Go deeper

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (KJV)

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אִם\־'im-if

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Job 17:13 word 1

אֲ֭קַוֶּה'A.ka.vehI will hope for

Lemma: קָוָה (qa.vah) · Strong's: H6960A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)

Meaning: to await

Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 49:18, Job 3:9, Job 6:19, Job 7:2, Job 30:26, Psalms 25:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6960A; TAHOT Job 17:13 word 2

שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheol

Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hell: Sheol

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Job 17:13 word 3

בֵּיתִ֑יbei.Tihome my

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

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

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 17:13 word 4

בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhin the darkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Job 17:13 word 5

רִפַּ֥דְתִּיri.Pad.tiI have spread out

Lemma: רָפַד (ra.phad) · Strong's: H7502

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to spread

Used 3 times. Also: Job 41:30, Song of Solomon 2:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7502; TAHOT Job 17:13 word 6

יְצוּעָֽי\׃ye.tzu.'Aibeds my

Lemma: יָצוּעַ (ya.tsu.a) · Strong's: H3326A

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

Meaning: bed

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 49:4, 1 Chronicles 5:1, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 132:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3326A; TAHOT Job 17:13 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

If	→	אִם H0518A if
I look	→	קָוָה H6960A to await
for Sheol	→	שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol
as my home	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
if I spread out	→	רָפַד H7502 to spread
my bed	→	יָצוּעַ H3326A bed
in darkness	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness

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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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