Job 20:25 Go deeper
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It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. (KJV)
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שָׁלַף֮sha.Lafhe will draw [it] out
Lemma: שָׁלַף (sha.laph) · Strong's: H8025
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to draw
Used 25 times. Also: Numbers 22:23, Numbers 22:31, Joshua 5:13, Judges 3:22, Judges 8:10, Judges 8:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8025; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 1
וַיֵּצֵ֪אvai.ye.Tze'and it came out
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 2
מִגֵּ֫וָ֥הmi.Ge.Vahfrom [the] back
Lemma: גֵּוָה (ge.vah) · Strong's: H1465
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: back
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1465; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 3
וּ֭בָרָקU.va.rokand lightning
Lemma: בָּרָק (ba.raq) · Strong's: H1300B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lightning
Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 19:16, Deuteronomy 32:41, 2 Samuel 22:15, Job 38:35, Psalms 18:14, Psalms 77:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1300B; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 4
מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹmi.me.ro.ra.Tofrom gall-bladder his
Lemma: מְרֹרָה (me.ro.rah) · Strong's: H4846
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: gall
Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:32, Job 13:26, Job 20:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4846; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 5
יַהֲלֹ֗ךְya.ha.Lokhit will come
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to go: come
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 29:1, Genesis 32:6, Genesis 50:18, Numbers 10:29, Numbers 13:26, Numbers 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980H; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 6
עָלָ֥יו'a.Lavon him
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 7
אֵמִֽים\׃'e.Mimterrors
Lemma: אֵימָה (e.mah) · Strong's: H0367
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: terror
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Exodus 15:16, Exodus 23:27, Deuteronomy 32:25, Joshua 2:9, Ezra 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0367; TAHOT Job 20:25 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| It is drawn | → | שָׁלַף H8025 to draw |
| out of | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| his back | → | גֵּוָה H1465 back |
| the gleaming point | → | בָּרָק H1300B lightning |
| from his liver | → | מְרֹרָה H4846 gall |
| Terrors | → | אֵימָה H0367 terror |
| come | → | הָלַךְ H1980H to go: come |
| over him | → | עַל H5921A upon |
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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