Job 17:7 Go deeper
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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. (KJV)
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וַתֵּ֣כַהּva.Te.khahand it has grown dim
Lemma: כָּהָה (ka.hah) · Strong's: H3543A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to grow dim
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 27:1, Leviticus 13:6, Leviticus 13:56, Deuteronomy 34:7, Isaiah 42:4, Ezekiel 21:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3543A; TAHOT Job 17:7 word 1
מִכַּ֣עַשׂmi.Ka.'asfrom grief
Lemma: כַּ֫עַשׂ (ka.as) · Strong's: H3708B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: vexation
Used 4 times. Also: Job 5:2, Job 6:2, Job 10:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3708B; TAHOT Job 17:7 word 2
עֵינִ֑י'ei.Nieye my
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Job 17:7 word 3
וִֽיצֻרַ֖יvi.tzu.Raiand members my
Lemma: יְצֻרִים (ya.tsur) · Strong's: H3338
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: member
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3338; TAHOT Job 17:7 word 4
כַּצֵּ֣לka.Tzel[are] like <the> shadow
Lemma: צֵל (tsel) · Strong's: H6738
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: shadow
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 19:8, Numbers 14:9, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:36, 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6738; TAHOT Job 17:7 word 5
כֻּלָּֽם\׃ku.Lamall of them
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Job 17:7 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| have grown dim | → | כָּהָה H3543A to grow dim |
| with grief | → | כַּ֫עַשׂ H3708B vexation |
| and my whole | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| body | → | יְצֻרִים H3338 member |
| is but a shadow | → | צֵל H6738 shadow |
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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