Job 18:4 Go deeper
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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? (KJV)
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טֹֽרֵ֥ףto.RefO [one who] tears
Lemma: טָרַף (ta.raph) · Strong's: H2963
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to tear
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 37:33, Genesis 44:28, Genesis 49:27, Exodus 22:13, Deuteronomy 33:20, Job 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2963; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 1
נַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.Shoself his
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 2
בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹbe.'A.Poin anger his
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0639G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: face: anger
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 39:19, Genesis 44:18, Genesis 49:6, Genesis 49:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0639G; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 3
הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָHal.ma.'an.kha¿ for sake your
Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: because
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 4
תֵּעָ֣זַבte.'A.zavmay it be abandoned
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNj3fs)
Meaning: to leave: forsake
Used 195 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5800A; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 5
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 6
וְיֶעְתַּק\־ve.ye'.tak-so it may move?
Lemma: עָתַק (a.taq) · Strong's: H6275
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: to proceed
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 26:22, Job 9:5, Job 14:18, Job 21:7, Job 32:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6275; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 7
צ֝֗וּרTzura rock
Lemma: צוּר (tsur) · Strong's: H6697H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rock
Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 17:6, Exodus 33:21, Exodus 33:22, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 8:15, Deuteronomy 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6697H; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 8
מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ\׃mi.me.ko.Mofrom place its
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Job 18:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You who tear | → | טָרַף H2963 to tear |
| yourself | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
| in anger | → | אַף H0639G face: anger |
| should the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| be forsaken | → | עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake |
| on your account | → | מַ֫עַן H4616 because |
| or the rocks | → | צוּר H6697H rock |
| be moved | → | עָתַק H6275 to proceed |
| from their place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
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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