Job 22:12 Go deeper

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! (KJV)

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הֲֽלֹא\־halo'-¿ not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 1

אֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ah[is] God

Lemma: אֱלֹהַּ (e.lo.ah) · Strong's: H0433

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

Meaning: god

Used 57 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Job 3:4, Job 3:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0433; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 2

גֹּ֣בַהּGoah[the] height of

Lemma: גֹּ֫בַהּ (go.vah) · Strong's: H1363

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

Meaning: height

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:4, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 2 Chronicles 32:26, Job 11:8, Job 40:10, Psalms 10:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1363; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 3

שָׁמָ֑יִםsha.Ma.yimheaven

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 4

וּרְאֵ֤הu.re.'Ehand look at

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to see: behold!

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 39:14, Genesis 41:41, Exodus 7:1, Exodus 10:10, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 31:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200I; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 5

רֹ֖אשׁrosh[the] top of

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218I

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

Meaning: head: top

Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 28:18, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218I; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 6

כּוֹכָבִ֣יםko.kha.Vim[the] stars

Lemma: כּוֹכָב (ko.khav) · Strong's: H3556

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: star

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 37:9, Exodus 32:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3556; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 7

כִּי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 8

רָֽמּוּ\׃Ra.muthey are high

Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to exalt

Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT Job 22:12 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Is not	→	לֹא H3808 not
God	→	אֱלֹהַּ H0433 god
as high	→	גֹּ֫בַהּ H1363 height
as the heavens	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
Look at	→	רָאָה H7200I to see: behold!
the highest	→	רֹאשׁ H7218I head: top
stars	→	כּוֹכָב H3556 star
how	→	כִּי H3588A for
lofty they are	→	רוּם H7311A to exalt

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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