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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? (KJV)

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כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹke.ge.la.lolike own dung his

Lemma: גֵּל (ge.lel) · Strong's: H1561

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

Meaning: dung

Used 3 times. Also: Ezekiel 4:12, Ezekiel 4:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1561; TAHOT Job 20:7 word 1

לָנֶ֣צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuity

Lemma: נֵ֫צַח (ne.tsach) · Strong's: H5331

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

Meaning: perpetuity

Used 43 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:29, 2 Samuel 2:26, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 4:20, Job 14:20, Job 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5331; TAHOT Job 20:7 word 2

יֹאבֵ֑דyo.Vedhe will perish

Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006

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

Meaning: to perish

Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Job 20:7 word 3

רֹ֝אָ֗יוro.'Av[those who] saw him

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Job 20:7 word 4

יֹאמְר֥וּyo.me.Ruthey will say

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

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 20:7 word 5

אַיּֽוֹ\׃'ai.Yowhere [is]? he

Lemma: אַי (ay) · Strong's: H0335

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 16:8, Exodus 2:20, Deuteronomy 32:37, Judges 13:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0335; TAHOT Job 20:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

he will perish	→	אָבַד H0006 to perish
forever	→	נֵ֫צַח H5331 perpetuity
like his own dung	→	גֵּל H1561 dung
those who had seen him	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
will ask	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Where is he	→	אַי H0335 where?

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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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