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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. (KJV)
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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Job 21:6 word 1
זָכַ֥רְתִּיza.Khar.tiI remember [this]
Lemma: זָכַר (za.khar) · Strong's: H2142
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to remember
Used 229 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 9:15, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 40:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2142; TAHOT Job 21:6 word 2
וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּיve.niv.Hal.tiand I am disturbed
Lemma: בָּהַל (ba.hal) · Strong's: H0926
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)
Meaning: to dismay
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 45:3, Exodus 15:15, Judges 20:41, 1 Samuel 28:21, 2 Samuel 4:1, 2 Chronicles 26:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0926; TAHOT Job 21:6 word 3
וְאָחַ֥זve.'a.Chazand it takes hold of
Lemma: אָחַז (a.chaz) · Strong's: H0270
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to grasp
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 34:10, Genesis 47:27, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0270; TAHOT Job 21:6 word 4
בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗יbe.sa.Riflesh my
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Job 21:6 word 5
פַּלָּצֽוּת\׃pa.la.Tzutshuddering
Lemma: פַּלָּצוּת (pal.la.tsut) · Strong's: H6427
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: shuddering
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 55:5, Isaiah 21:4, Ezekiel 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6427; TAHOT Job 21:6 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | אִם H0518A if |
| I remember | → | זָכַר H2142 to remember |
| terror | → | בָּהַל H0926 to dismay |
| takes hold | → | אָחַז H0270 to grasp |
| and my body | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| trembles in horror | → | פַּלָּצוּת H6427 shuddering |
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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