Job 17:4 Go deeper

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them . (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 1

לִ֭בָּםLi.bomheart their

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 2

צָפַ֣נְתָּtza.Fan.tayou have kept

Lemma: צָפַן (tsa.phan) · Strong's: H6845

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to treasure

Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Joshua 2:4, Job 10:13, Job 14:13, Job 15:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6845; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 3

מִּשָּׂ֑כֶלmi.Sa.khelfrom understanding

Lemma: שֵׂ֫כֶל (se.khel) · Strong's: H7922

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

Meaning: understanding

Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 25:3, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 1 Chronicles 26:14, 2 Chronicles 2:12, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Ezra 8:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7922; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 4

עַל\־'al-there-

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 17:4 word 5

כֵּ֝֗ןKen-fore

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 6

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 7

תְרֹמֵֽם\׃te.ro.Memyou will exalt [them]

Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to exalt

Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT Job 17:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

You have closed	→	צָפַן H6845 to treasure
their minds	→	לֵב H3820A heart
to understanding	→	שֵׂ֫כֶל H7922 understanding
therefore	→	עַל H5921A upon
. . .	→	כֵּן H3651C so
You will not	→	לֹא H3808 not
exalt them	→	רוּם H7311A to exalt

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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