Job 19:17 Go deeper
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My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body. (KJV)
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ר֭וּחִֽיRu.chibreath my
Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: spirit: breath
Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Job 19:17 word 1
זָ֣רָהZa.rahit is loathsome
Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: be loathsome
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2114B; TAHOT Job 19:17 word 2
לְאִשְׁתִּ֑יle.'ish.Tito wife my
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Job 19:17 word 3
וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗יve.cha.no.Tiand I am repulsive
Lemma: חָנַן (cha.nan) · Strong's: H2603B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: be loathsome
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2603B; TAHOT Job 19:17 word 4
לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neito [the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Job 19:17 word 5
בִטְנִֽי\׃vit.Niwomb my
Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: belly: womb
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Job 19:17 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My breath | → | רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath |
| is repulsive | → | זוּר H2114B be loathsome |
| to my wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| and I am loathsome | → | חָנַן H2603B be loathsome |
| to my own family | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| . . . | → | בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb |
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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