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His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. (KJV)
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יְהִי\־ye.hi-it is
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)
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 18:12 word 1
רָעֵ֥בra.'Evhungry
Lemma: רָעֵב (ra.ev) · Strong's: H7457
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: hungry
Used 20 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:5, 2 Samuel 17:29, 2 Kings 7:12, Job 5:5, Job 22:7, Job 24:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7457; TAHOT Job 18:12 word 2
אֹנ֑וֹ'o.Notrouble his
Lemma: אוֹן (on) · Strong's: H0202
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17, Job 18:7, Job 20:10, Job 40:16, Psalms 78:51 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0202; TAHOT Job 18:12 word 3
וְ֝אֵ֗ידve.'Eidand disaster
Lemma: אֵיד (ed) · Strong's: H0343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: calamity
Used 24 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:19, Job 21:17, Job 21:30, Job 30:12, Job 31:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0343; TAHOT Job 18:12 word 4
נָכ֥וֹןna.Khon[is] prepared
Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to establish: prepare
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Job 18:12 word 5
לְצַלְעֽוֹ\׃le.tzal.'Ofor stumbling his
Lemma: צֶ֫לַע (tse.la) · Strong's: H6761
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: stumbling
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 35:15, Psalms 38:17, Jeremiah 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6761; TAHOT Job 18:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| His strength | → | אוֹן H0202 strength |
| is | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| depleted | → | רָעֵב H7457 hungry |
| and calamity | → | אֵיד H0343 calamity |
| [is] ready | → | כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare |
| at his side | → | צֶ֫לַע H6761 stumbling |
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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