Job 23:5 Go deeper
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I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. (KJV)
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אֵ֭דְעָה'E.de.'ahI want to know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Job 23:5 word 1
מִלִּ֣יםmi.Lim[the] words
Lemma: מִלָּה (mil.lah) · Strong's: H4405
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: speech
Used 38 times. Also: 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 4:2, Job 4:4, Job 6:26, Job 8:10, Job 12:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4405; TAHOT Job 23:5 word 2
יַעֲנֵ֑נִיya.'a.Ne.ni[which] he will answer me
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Job 23:5 word 3
וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָהve.'a.Vi.nahand I want to understand
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
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 23:5 word 4
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 23:5 word 5
יֹּ֥אמַרYo.marwill he say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 23:5 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I would learn | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| how | → | מִלָּה H4405 speech |
| He would answer | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| and consider | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| He would say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
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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