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Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. (KJV)
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עַל\־'al-there-
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 23:15 word 1
כֵּ֭ןken-fore
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Job 23:15 word 2
מִפָּנָ֣יוmi.pa.Navof <before> him
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Job 23:15 word 3
אֶבָּהֵ֑ל'e.ba.HelI am terrified
Lemma: בָּהַל (ba.hal) · Strong's: H0926
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNi1cs)
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 23:15 word 4
אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן'et.bo.NenI consider
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVti1cs)
Meaning: to understand
Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Job 23:15 word 5
וְאֶפְחַ֥דve.'ef.Chadand I may be in dread
Lemma: פָּחַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6342
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to dread
Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:66, Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 3:25, Job 4:14, Psalms 14:5, Psalms 27:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6342; TAHOT Job 23:15 word 6
מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.nufrom him
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Job 23:15 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Therefore | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| I am terrified | → | בָּהַל H0926 to dismay |
| in His presence | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| when I consider this | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| I fear | → | פָּחַד H6342 to dread |
| Him | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
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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