Job 20:19 Go deeper
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Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 20:19 word 1
רִ֭צַּץRi.tzatzhe has crushed
Lemma: רָצַץ (ra.tsats) · Strong's: H7533
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to crush
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 25:22, Deuteronomy 28:33, Judges 9:53, Judges 10:8, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7533; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 2
עָזַ֣ב'a.Zavhe has neglected
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to leave: neglect
Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 12:19, Deuteronomy 14:27, Nehemiah 10:39, Nehemiah 13:11, Proverbs 4:2, Proverbs 10:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5800H; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 3
דַּלִּ֑יםda.Limpoor [people]
Lemma: דַּל (dal) · Strong's: H1800
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: poor
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 23:3, Exodus 30:15, Leviticus 14:21, Leviticus 19:15, Judges 6:15, Ruth 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1800; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 4
בַּ֥יִתBa.yita house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 5
גָּ֝זַ֗לga.Zalhe has seized
Lemma: גָּזַל (ga.zal) · Strong's: H1497
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to plunder
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 21:25, Genesis 31:31, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1497; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 6
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 7
יִבֶנֵֽהוּ\׃yi.ve.Ne.huhe had built it
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Job 20:19 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he has oppressed | → | רָצַץ H7533 to crush |
| [and] forsaken | → | עָזַב H5800H to leave: neglect |
| the poor | → | דַּל H1800 poor |
| he has seized | → | גָּזַל H1497 to plunder |
| houses | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| he did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| build | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
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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