Job 29:18 Go deeper
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. (KJV)
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וָ֭אֹמַרVa.'o.marand I said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 1
עִם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 2
קִנִּ֣יki.Ninest my
Lemma: קֵן (qen) · Strong's: H7064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nest
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 22:6, Deuteronomy 32:11, Job 39:27, Psalms 84:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7064; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 3
אֶגְוָ֑ע'eg.Va'I will expire
Lemma: גָּוַע (ga.va) · Strong's: H1478
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to die
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:21, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 49:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1478; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 4
וְ֝כַח֗וֹלve.kha.Choland like <the> sand
Lemma: חוֹל (chol) · Strong's: H2344
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sand
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 2:12, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 11:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2344; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 5
אַרְבֶּ֥ה'ar.BehI will increase
Lemma: רָבָה (ra.vah) · Strong's: H7235A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to multiply
Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 8:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7235A; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 6
יָמִֽים\׃ya.Mimdays
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Job 29:18 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So I thought | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I will die | → | גָּוַע H1478 to die |
| in | → | עִם H5973A with |
| my nest | → | קֵן H7064 nest |
| and multiply | → | רָבָה H7235A to multiply |
| my days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| as the sand | → | חוֹל H2344 sand |
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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