Job 18:16 Go deeper

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. (KJV)

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מִ֭תַּחַתMi.ta.chat<from> beneath

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G

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

Meaning: underneath: under

Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Job 18:16 word 1

שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יוsha.ra.Shavroots his

Lemma: שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ (she.resh) · Strong's: H8328

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: root

Used 33 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Judges 5:14, 2 Kings 19:30, Job 8:17, Job 13:27, Job 14:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8328; TAHOT Job 18:16 word 2

יִבָ֑שׁוּyi.Va.shuthey are dried up

Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to wither

Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3001; TAHOT Job 18:16 word 3

וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַלu.mi.Ma.'aland <from> above

Lemma: מַ֫עַל (ma.al) · Strong's: H4605

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: above

Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4605; TAHOT Job 18:16 word 4

יִמַּ֥לyi.Malit withers

Lemma: מָלַל (ma.lal) · Strong's: H5243A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to languish

Used 4 times. Also: Job 14:2, Job 24:24, Psalms 37:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5243A; TAHOT Job 18:16 word 5

קְצִירֽוֹ\׃ke.tzi.Robranch[es] his

Lemma: קָצִיר (qa.tsir) · Strong's: H7105B

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

Meaning: foliage

Used 5 times. Also: Job 14:9, Job 29:19, Psalms 80:11, Isaiah 27:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7105B; TAHOT Job 18:16 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

The roots	→	שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ H8328 root
beneath him	→	תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under
dry up	→	יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither
and the branches	→	קָצִיר H7105B foliage
above him	→	מַ֫עַל H4605 above
wither away	→	מָלַל H5243A to languish

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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