Job 17:6 Go deeper

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיVe.hi.tzi.ga.niand he has set me

Lemma: יָצַג (ya.tsag) · Strong's: H3322

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)

Meaning: to set

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 30:38, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 47:2, Exodus 10:24, Deuteronomy 28:56 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3322; TAHOT Job 17:6 word 1

לִמְשֹׁ֣לlim.Sholto use a proverb

Lemma: מְשֹׁל (me.shol) · Strong's: H4914

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

Meaning: byword

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4914; TAHOT Job 17:6 word 2

עַמִּ֑ים'a.Mimpeoples

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Job 17:6 word 3

וְתֹ֖פֶתve.To.fetand a spitting

Lemma: תֹּ֫פֶת (to.phet) · Strong's: H8611

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spit

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8611; TAHOT Job 17:6 word 4

לְפָנִ֣יםle.fa.Nimto [the] face

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Job 17:6 word 5

אֶֽהְיֶֽה\׃'Eh.YehI am

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

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 17:6 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He has made me	→	יָצַג H3322 to set
a byword	→	H4911
among the people	→	עַם H5971A people
[a man]	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
in whose face	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
they spit	→	תֹּ֫פֶת H8611 spit

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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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