Job 29:17 Go deeper
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. (KJV)
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וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָהVa.'a.sha.be.rahand I broke !
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpw1cs)
Meaning: to break
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Job 29:17 word 1
מְתַלְּע֣וֹתme.ta.le.'ot[the] jaws of
Lemma: מְתַלְּעוֹת (me.tal.l.ah) · Strong's: H4973
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: jaw
Used 3 times. Also: Proverbs 30:14, Joel 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4973; TAHOT Job 29:17 word 2
עַוָּ֑ל'a.Val[the] unrighteous
Lemma: עַוָּל (av.val) · Strong's: H5767
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: unjust
Used 5 times. Also: Job 18:21, Job 27:7, Job 31:3, Zephaniah 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5767; TAHOT Job 29:17 word 3
וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יוu.mish.shi.Navand from teeth his
Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: tooth
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 49:12, Exodus 21:24, Exodus 21:27, Leviticus 24:20, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 19:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8127G; TAHOT Job 29:17 word 4
אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ'ash.LikhI threw
Lemma: שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) · Strong's: H7993
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to throw
Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7993; TAHOT Job 29:17 word 5
טָֽרֶף\׃Ta.ref[the] prey
Lemma: טֶ֫רֶף (te.reph) · Strong's: H2964
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: prey
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, Job 4:11, Job 24:5, Job 38:39, Psalms 76:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2964; TAHOT Job 29:17 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I shattered | → | שָׁבַר H7665 to break |
| the fangs | → | מְתַלְּעוֹת H4973 jaw |
| of the unjust | → | עַוָּל H5767 unjust |
| and snatched | → | שָׁלַךְ H7993 to throw |
| the prey | → | טֶ֫רֶף H2964 prey |
| from his teeth | → | שֵׁן H8127G tooth |
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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