Job 2:9 Go deeper
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Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
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 2:9 word 1
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.Towife his
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 2:9 word 2
עֹדְךָ֖'o.de.Kha[are] still? you
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Job 2:9 word 3
מַחֲזִ֣יקma.cha.Zikkeeping hold
Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to strengthen: hold
Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 21:18, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Job 2:9 word 4
בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָbe.tu.ma.Te.khaon integrity your
Lemma: תֻּמָּה (tum.mah) · Strong's: H8538
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: integrity
Used 5 times. Also: Job 2:3, Job 27:5, Job 31:6, Proverbs 11:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8538; TAHOT Job 2:9 word 5
בָּרֵ֥ךְba.Rekhbless
Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to bless
Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Job 2:9 word 6
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Job 2:9 word 7
וָמֻֽת\׃va.Mutand die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Job 2:9 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then [Job’s] wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to him | → | |
| Do you still | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| retain | → | חָזַק H2388H to strengthen: hold |
| your integrity | → | תֻּמָּה H8538 integrity |
| Curse | → | בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless |
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| and die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
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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