Job 24:8 Go deeper

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. (KJV)

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מִזֶּ֣רֶםmi.Ze.remfrom [the] rain of

Lemma: זֶ֫רֶם (ze.rem) · Strong's: H2230

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

Meaning: storm

Used 9 times. Also: Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 28:2, Isaiah 30:30, Isaiah 32:2, Habakkuk 3:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2230; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 1

הָרִ֣יםha.Rim[the] mountains

Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G

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

Meaning: mountain: mount

Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 2

יִרְטָ֑בוּyir.Ta.vuthey are wet

Lemma: רָטֵב (ra.tav) · Strong's: H7372

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: be moist

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7372; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 3

וּֽמִבְּלִ֥יu.mi.be.Liand because not

Lemma: בְּלִי (be.li) · Strong's: H1097

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

Meaning: without

Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 31:20, Exodus 14:11, Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 28:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1097; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 4

מַ֝חְסֶ֗הmach.Sehshelter

Lemma: מַחְסֶּה (ma.cha.seh) · Strong's: H4268

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

Meaning: refuge

Used 20 times. Also: Psalms 14:6, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 61:3, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 71:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4268; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 5

חִבְּקוּ\־chi.be.ku-they embrace

Lemma: חָבַק (cha.vaq) · Strong's: H2263

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to embrace

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 48:10, 2 Kings 4:16, Proverbs 4:8, Proverbs 5:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2263; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 6

צֽוּר\׃Tzur[the] rock

Lemma: צוּר (tsur) · Strong's: H6697H

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

Meaning: rock

Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 17:6, Exodus 33:21, Exodus 33:22, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 8:15, Deuteronomy 32:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6697H; TAHOT Job 24:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Drenched	→	רָטֵב H7372 be moist
by mountain	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount
rains	→	זֶ֫רֶם H2230 storm
they huddle	→	חָבַק H2263 to embrace
against the rocks	→	צוּר H6697H rock
for want	→	בְּלִי H1097 without
of shelter	→	מַחְסֶּה H4268 refuge

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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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