Job 21:33 Go deeper
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. (KJV)
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מָֽתְקוּ\־ma.te.ku-they will be sweet
Lemma: מָתֹק (ma.taq) · Strong's: H4985
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: be sweet
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 15:25, Job 20:12, Job 24:20, Psalms 55:14, Proverbs 9:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4985; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 1
רִגְבֵ֫יrig.Vei[the] clods of
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶב (re.gev) · Strong's: H7263
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: clod
Used 2 times. Also: Job 38:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7263; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 2
נָ֥חַלNa.chal[the] wadi
Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158N
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: torrent: valley
Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 26:17, Genesis 26:19, Numbers 21:12, Numbers 21:14, Numbers 21:15, Deuteronomy 2:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5158N; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 3
וְ֭אַחֲרָיוVe.'a.cha.ravand after him
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Acmpc (Acmpc)
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 21:33 word 4
כָּל\־kol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 5
אָדָ֣ם'a.Damperson
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 6
יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְyim.Shokhhe will follow
Lemma: מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) · Strong's: H4900
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to draw
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 37:28, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 19:13, Deuteronomy 21:3, Joshua 6:5, Judges 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4900; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 7
וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יוu.le.fa.Navand <to> before him
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 8
אֵ֣ין'einthere not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 9
מִסְפָּֽר\׃mis.Par[is] number
Lemma: מִסְפָּר (mis.par) · Strong's: H4557
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: number
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 25:15, Leviticus 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4557; TAHOT Job 21:33 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The clods | → | רֶ֫גֶב H7263 clod |
| of the valley | → | נַ֫חַל H5158N torrent: valley |
| are sweet | → | מָתֹק H4985 be sweet |
| to him | → | |
| everyone | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| follows | → | מָשַׁךְ H4900 to draw |
| behind him | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| and those before him | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| are without | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| number | → | מִסְפָּר H4557 number |
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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