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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; (KJV)

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בְּהִלּ֣וֹbe.hi.Lowhen made shine he

Lemma: הָלַל (ha.lal) · Strong's: H1984A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)

Meaning: to shine

Used 4 times. Also: Job 31:26, Job 41:18, Isaiah 13:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1984A; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 1

נֵ֭רוֹne.rolamp his

Lemma: נֵר (ner) · Strong's: H5216A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lamp

Used 44 times. Also: Exodus 25:37, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 35:14, Exodus 37:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5216A; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 2

עֲלֵ֣י'a.Leiover

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 3

רֹאשִׁ֑יro.Shihead my

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 4

לְ֝אוֹרוֹle.'o.roto light his

Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0216

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: light

Used 121 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:23, Judges 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0216; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 5

אֵ֣לֶךְ'E.lekhI walked

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to go: walk

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 6

חֹֽשֶׁךְ\׃Cho.shekhdarkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Job 29:3 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

when His lamp	→	נֵר H5216A lamp
shone	→	הָלַל H1984A to shine
above	→	עַל H5921A upon
my head	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head
and by His light	→	אוֹר H0216 light
I walked	→	הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk
through the darkness	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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