Job 27:23 Go deeper
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Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. (KJV)
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יִשְׂפֹּ֣קyis.Poksomeone will clap
Lemma: סָפַק (sa.phaq) · Strong's: H5606A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to slap
Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 24:10, Job 34:26, Job 34:37, Isaiah 2:6, Jeremiah 31:19, Jeremiah 48:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5606A; TAHOT Job 27:23 word 1
עָלֵ֣ימוֹ'a.Lei.movon him
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 27:23 word 2
כַפֵּ֑ימוֹkha.Pei.movhands their
Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: palm
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Job 27:23 word 3
וְיִשְׁרֹ֥קve.yish.Rokso he may hiss
Lemma: שָׁרַק (sha.raq) · Strong's: H8319
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: to whistle
Used 12 times. Also: 1 Kings 9:8, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 7:18, Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 49:17, Jeremiah 50:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8319; TAHOT Job 27:23 word 4
עָ֝לָ֗יו'a.Lavon him
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 27:23 word 5
מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ\׃mi.me.ko.Mofrom place his
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Job 27:23 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| It claps | → | סָפַק H5606A to slap |
| its hands | → | כַּף H3709G palm |
| at him | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and hisses | → | שָׁרַק H8319 to whistle |
| him | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| out of his place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
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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