Job 28:6 Go deeper
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. (KJV)
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מְקוֹם\־me.kom-[are] a place of
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 28:6 word 1
סַפִּ֥ירsa.Pirsapphire
Lemma: סַפִּיר (sap.pir) · Strong's: H5601
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sapphire
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 24:10, Exodus 28:18, Exodus 39:11, Job 28:16, Song of Solomon 5:14, Isaiah 54:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5601; TAHOT Job 28:6 word 2
אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ'a.va.Nei.hastones its
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
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 28:6 word 3
וְעַפְרֹ֖תve.'af.Rotand dust<s> of
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
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 28:6 word 4
זָהָ֣בza.Havgold
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Job 28:6 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Its rocks | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| are the source | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| of sapphires | → | סַפִּיר H5601 sapphire |
| containing flecks | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
| of gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
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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