Job 28:3 Go deeper

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

קֵ֤ץ\׀ketzan end

Lemma: קֵץ (qets) · Strong's: H7093

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

Meaning: end

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 12:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7093; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 1

שָׂ֤םsamsomeone puts

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H

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

Meaning: to set: put

Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 2

לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְla.Cho.shekhto the darkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 3

וּֽלְכָל\־u.le.khol-and to every

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 4

תַּ֭כְלִיתTakh.litoutermost part

Lemma: תַּכְלִית (takh.lit) · Strong's: H8503

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

Meaning: limit

Used 5 times. Also: Nehemiah 3:21, Job 11:7, Job 26:10, Psalms 139:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8503; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 5

ה֣וּאhu'he

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 6

חוֹקֵ֑רcho.Ker[is] searching for

Lemma: חָקַר (cha.qar) · Strong's: H2713

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

Meaning: to search

Used 27 times. Also: Deuteronomy 13:14, Judges 18:2, 1 Samuel 20:12, 2 Samuel 10:3, 1 Kings 7:47, 1 Chronicles 19:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2713; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 7

אֶ֖בֶן'E.ven[the] stone of

Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

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 28:3 word 8

אֹ֣פֶל'O.felgloom

Lemma: אֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) · Strong's: H0652

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 9 times. Also: Job 3:6, Job 10:22, Job 23:17, Job 30:26, Psalms 11:2, Psalms 91:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0652; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 9

וְצַלְמָֽוֶת\׃ve.tzal.Ma.vetand deep darkness

Lemma: צַלְמָ֫וֶת (tsal.ma.vet) · Strong's: H6757

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

Meaning: shadow

Used 18 times. Also: Job 3:5, Job 10:21, Job 10:22, Job 12:22, Job 16:16, Job 24:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6757; TAHOT Job 28:3 word 10

How the BSB renders it

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

[Man] puts	→	שׂוּם H7760H to set: put
an end	→	קֵץ H7093 end
to the darkness	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness
he	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
probes	→	חָקַר H2713 to search
the farthest recesses	→	כֹּל H3605 all
. . .	→	תַּכְלִית H8503 limit
for ore	→	אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone
in deepest darkness	→	אֹ֫פֶל H0652 darkness
. . .	→	צַלְמָ֫וֶת H6757 shadow

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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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