Job 19:23 Go deeper
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Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! (KJV)
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מִֽי\־mi-who?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 1
יִתֵּ֣ןyi.Tenwill he give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414Q
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to give: if only!
Used 25 times. Also: Exodus 16:3, Exodus 16:33, Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 28:67, Judges 9:29, 2 Samuel 18:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414Q; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 2
אֵ֭פוֹ'e.fothen
Lemma: אֵפוֹ (e.pho) · Strong's: H0645
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: then
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 27:33, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 43:11, Exodus 33:16, Judges 9:38, 2 Kings 10:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0645; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 3
וְיִכָּתְב֣וּןve.yi.ka.te.Vunand they will be written down !
Lemma: כָּתַב (ka.tav) · Strong's: H3789
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNu3mp)
Meaning: to write
Used 222 times. Also: Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 31:18, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3789; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 4
מִלָּ֑יmi.Laiwords my
Lemma: מִלָּה (mil.lah) · Strong's: H4405
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: speech
Used 38 times. Also: 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 4:2, Job 4:4, Job 6:26, Job 8:10, Job 12:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4405; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 5
מִֽי\־mi-who?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 6
יִתֵּ֖ןyi.Tenwill he give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414Q
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to give: if only!
Used 25 times. Also: Exodus 16:3, Exodus 16:33, Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 28:67, Judges 9:29, 2 Samuel 18:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414Q; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 7
בַּסֵּ֣פֶרba.Se.feron the scroll
Lemma: סֵ֫פֶר (se.pher) · Strong's: H5612H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: scroll: book
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:7, Exodus 32:32, Exodus 32:33, Numbers 5:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5612H; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 8
וְיֻחָֽקוּ\׃ve.yu.Cha.kuso they may be inscribed
Lemma: חָקַק (cha.qaq) · Strong's: H2710
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVHu3mp)
Meaning: to decree
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Numbers 21:18, Deuteronomy 33:21, Judges 5:9, Judges 5:14, Psalms 60:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2710; TAHOT Job 19:23 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I wish | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| . . . | → | נָתַן H5414Q to give: if only! |
| . . . | → | אֵפוֹ H0645 then |
| that my words | → | מִלָּה H4405 speech |
| . . . | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| . . . | → | נָתַן H5414Q to give: if only! |
| were recorded | → | כָּתַב H3789 to write |
| and inscribed | → | חָקַק H2710 to decree |
| in a book | → | סֵ֫פֶר H5612H scroll: book |
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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