Job 17:3 Go deeper

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? (KJV)

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שִֽׂימָה\־si.mah-make !

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to set: put

Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 1

נָּ֭אna'please

Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: please

Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 2

עָרְבֵ֣נִי'a.re.Ve.nistand surety for me

Lemma: עָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H6148

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to pledge

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32, 2 Kings 18:23, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 5:3, Psalms 106:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6148; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 3

עִמָּ֑ךְ'i.Makhwith yourself

Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 4

מִֽיmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 5

ה֝֗וּאHu'that

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 6

לְיָדִ֥יle.ya.Dito hand my

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand: themselves

Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:21, Genesis 43:22, Exodus 32:4, Leviticus 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027I; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 7

יִתָּקֵֽעַ\׃yi.ta.Ke.a'will he strike himself

Lemma: תָּקַע (ta.qa) · Strong's: H8628

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to blow

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 31:25, Exodus 10:19, Numbers 10:3, Numbers 10:4, Numbers 10:5, Numbers 10:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8628; TAHOT Job 17:3 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Give [me]	→	שׂוּם H7760H to set: put
I pray	→	נָא H4994 please
the pledge	→	עָרַב H6148 to pledge
You [demand]	→	עִם H5973A with
Who else	→	מִי H4310 who?
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
will be my guarantor	→	יָד H3027I hand: themselves
. . .	→	תָּקַע H8628 to blow

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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