Job 29:12 Go deeper
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 1
אֲ֭מַלֵּט'A.ma.letI rescued
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 2
עָנִ֣י'a.Ni[the] afflicted
Lemma: עָנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H6041
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: afflicted
Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6041; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 3
מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַme.sha.Ve.a'[who] cried for help
Lemma: שָׁוַע (sha.va) · Strong's: H7768
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to cry
Used 21 times. Also: Job 19:7, Job 24:12, Job 30:20, Job 30:28, Job 35:9, Job 36:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7768; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 4
וְ֝יָת֗וֹםve.ya.Tomand [the] fatherless
Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: orphan
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 5
וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo'-and [the one whom] not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 6
עֹזֵ֥ר'o.Zera helper
Lemma: עָזַר (a.zar) · Strong's: H5826
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to help
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 49:25, Deuteronomy 32:38, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 10:4, Joshua 10:6, Joshua 10:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5826; TAHOT Job 29:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I rescued | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
| the poor | → | עָנִי H6041 afflicted |
| who cried out | → | שָׁוַע H7768 to cry |
| and the fatherless | → | יָתוֹם H3490 orphan |
| who had no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| helper | → | עָזַר H5826 to help |
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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