Job 21:3 Go deeper
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. (KJV)
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שָׂ֭אוּנִיSa.'u.nibear with me
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Job 21:3 word 1
וְאָנֹכִ֣יve.'a.no.Khiand I
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Job 21:3 word 2
אֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerI will speak
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Job 21:3 word 3
וְאַחַ֖רve.'a.Charand after
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)
Meaning: after
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Job 21:3 word 4
דַּבְּרִ֣יda.be.Rihave spoken I
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Job 21:3 word 5
תַלְעִֽיג\׃tal.'Igyou will mock
Lemma: לָעַג (la.ag) · Strong's: H3932
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to mock
Used 18 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Chronicles 30:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:1, Job 9:23, Job 11:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3932; TAHOT Job 21:3 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Bear with me | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| while I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| speak | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| then, after | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| I have spoken | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| you may go on mocking | → | לָעַג H3932 to mock |
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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