Job 27:18 Go deeper

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. (KJV)

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בָּנָ֣הba.Nahhe has built

Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to build

Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Job 27:18 word 1

כָעָ֣שׁkha.'Ashlike <the> moth

Lemma: עָשׁ (ash) · Strong's: H6211A

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

Meaning: moth

Used 7 times. Also: Job 4:19, Job 13:28, Psalms 39:11, Isaiah 50:9, Isaiah 51:8, Hosea 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6211A; TAHOT Job 27:18 word 2

בֵּית֑וֹbei.Tohouse his

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

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

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Job 27:18 word 3

וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗הu.khe.su.Kahand like a shelter

Lemma: סֻכָּה (suk.kah) · Strong's: H5521

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: booth

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 33:17, Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:42, Leviticus 23:43, Deuteronomy 16:13, Deuteronomy 16:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5521; TAHOT Job 27:18 word 4

עָשָׂ֥ה'a.Sah[which] he has made

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Job 27:18 word 5

נֹצֵֽר\׃no.Tzera watchman

Lemma: נָצַר (na.tsar) · Strong's: H5341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to watch

Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 33:9, 2 Kings 17:9, 2 Kings 18:8, Job 7:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5341; TAHOT Job 27:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

The house	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
he built	→	בָּנָה H1129 to build
is like a moth’s cocoon	→	עָשׁ H6211A moth
like a hut	→	סֻכָּה H5521 booth
set up	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
by a watchman	→	נָצַר H5341 to watch

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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