Job 19:28 Go deeper

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? (KJV)

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כִּ֣יkiif

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 19:28 word 1

תֹ֭אמְרוּTo.me.ruyou will say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 19:28 word 2

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 19:28 word 3

נִּרְדָּף\־nir.dof-will we persecute

Lemma: רָדַף (ra.daph) · Strong's: H7291

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to pursue

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 14:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7291; TAHOT Job 19:28 word 4

וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁve.Sho.reshand [the] root of

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

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

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 19:28 word 5

דָּ֝בָ֗רda.Var[the] matter

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I

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

Meaning: word: thing

Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Job 19:28 word 6

נִמְצָא\־nim.tza'-it has been found

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Job 19:28 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

If	→	כִּי H3588A for
you say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
[Let us]	→	מָה H4100 what?
persecute	→	רָדַף H7291 to pursue
him	→
since the root	→	שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ H8328 root
of the matter	→	דָּבָר H1697I word: thing
lies	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
with him	→

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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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