Job 29:2 Go deeper

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (KJV)

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מִֽי\־mi-who?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 29:2 word 1

יִתְּנֵ֥נִיyi.te.Ne.niwill he give me

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414Q

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to give: if only!

Used 25 times. Also: Exodus 16:3, Exodus 16:33, Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 28:67, Judges 9:29, 2 Samuel 18:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414Q; TAHOT Job 29:2 word 2

כְיַרְחֵי\־khe.yar.chei-like months of

Lemma: יֶ֫רַח (ye.rach) · Strong's: H3391

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: month

Used 12 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Deuteronomy 21:13, Deuteronomy 33:14, 1 Kings 6:37, 1 Kings 6:38, 1 Kings 8:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3391; TAHOT Job 29:2 word 3

קֶ֑דֶםKe.demlong ago

Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924H

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

Meaning: front: old

Used 32 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:27, 2 Kings 19:25, Nehemiah 12:46, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 55:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6924H; TAHOT Job 29:2 word 4

כִּ֝ימֵ֗יki.Meilike [the] days

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

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 29:2 word 5

אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ah<of> [when] God

Lemma: אֱלֹהַּ (e.lo.ah) · Strong's: H0433

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

Meaning: god

Used 57 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Job 3:4, Job 3:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0433; TAHOT Job 29:2 word 6

יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי\׃yish.me.Re.nihe watched over me

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Job 29:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

How I long	→	מִי H4310 who?
. . .	→	נָתַן H5414Q to give: if only!
for the months	→	יֶ֫רַח H3391 month
gone by	→	קֶ֫דֶם H6924H front: old
for the days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
when God	→	אֱלֹהַּ H0433 god
watched over me	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard

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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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