Job 27:7 Go deeper

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. (KJV)

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יְהִ֣יye.Himay he be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Job 27:7 word 1

כְ֭רָשָׁעKhe.ra.sho'like a wicked [person]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

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

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Job 27:7 word 2

אֹ֣יְבִ֑י'o.ye.Vienemy my

Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: enemy

Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Job 27:7 word 3

וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥יu.mit.ko.Miand [one who] raises himself against me

Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965J

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVtrmsc)

Meaning: to arise: attack

Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 15:7, Exodus 32:25, Deuteronomy 19:11, Deuteronomy 22:26, Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 33:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6965J; TAHOT Job 27:7 word 4

כְעַוָּֽל\׃khe.'a.Vallike an evil-doer

Lemma: עַוָּל (av.val) · Strong's: H5767

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

Meaning: unjust

Used 5 times. Also: Job 18:21, Job 29:17, Job 31:3, Zephaniah 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5767; TAHOT Job 27:7 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

May my enemy	→	אֹיֵב H0341 enemy
be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
like the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
and my opponent	→	קוּם H6965J to arise: attack
like the unjust	→	עַוָּל H5767 unjust

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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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