Job 28:2 Go deeper
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Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. (KJV)
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בַּ֭רְזֶלBar.zeliron
Lemma: בַּרְזֶל (bar.zel) · Strong's: H1270
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: iron
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Leviticus 26:19, Numbers 31:22, Numbers 35:16, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1270; TAHOT Job 28:2 word 1
מֵעָפָ֣רme.'a.Farfrom [the] dust
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dust
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Job 28:2 word 2
יֻקָּ֑חyu.Kachit is taken
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Job 28:2 word 3
וְ֝אֶ֗בֶןve.'E.venand stone
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT Job 28:2 word 4
יָצ֥וּקya.Tzuksomeone pours out
Lemma: צוּק (tsuq) · Strong's: H6694
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)
Meaning: to pour
Used 3 times. Also: Job 29:6, Isaiah 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6694; TAHOT Job 28:2 word 5
נְחוּשָֽׁה\׃ne.chu.Shahcopper
Lemma: נְחוּשָׁה (ne.chu.shah) · Strong's: H5154
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: bronze
Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 26:19, 2 Samuel 22:35, Job 20:24, Job 40:18, Job 41:27, Psalms 18:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5154; TAHOT Job 28:2 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Iron | → | בַּרְזֶל H1270 iron |
| is taken | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| from the earth | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
| and copper | → | נְחוּשָׁה H5154 bronze |
| is smelted | → | צוּק H6694 to pour |
| from ore | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
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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