Job 20:3 Go deeper

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. (KJV)

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מוּסַ֣רmu.Sar[the] correction of

Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148G

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

Meaning: discipline

Used 29 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:2, Job 5:17, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 5:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Job 20:3 word 1

כְּלִמָּתִ֣יke.li.ma.Tiinsult my

Lemma: כְּלִמָּה (ke.lim.mah) · Strong's: H3639

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: shame

Used 30 times. Also: Psalms 4:2, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 44:15, Psalms 69:7, Psalms 69:19, Psalms 71:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3639; TAHOT Job 20:3 word 2

אֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'I have heard

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to hear: hear

Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Job 20:3 word 3

וְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achand a spirit

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 45:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307G; TAHOT Job 20:3 word 4

מִֽבִּינָתִ֥יmi.bi.na.Tifrom understanding my

Lemma: בִּינָה (bi.nah) · Strong's: H0998

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: understanding

Used 38 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:6, 1 Chronicles 12:32, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 2 Chronicles 2:12, 2 Chronicles 2:13, Job 28:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0998; TAHOT Job 20:3 word 5

יַעֲנֵֽנִי\׃ya.'a.Ne.niit answers me

Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to answer

Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Job 20:3 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

I have heard	→	שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear
. . .	→	רוּחַ H7307G spirit
a rebuke	→	מוּסָר H4148G discipline
that insults me	→	כְּלִמָּה H3639 shame
and my understanding	→	בִּינָה H0998 understanding
prompts a reply	→	עָנָה H6030B to answer

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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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