Job 29:8 Go deeper
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. (KJV)
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רָא֣וּנִיra.'U.nithey saw me
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Job 29:8 word 1
נְעָרִ֣יםne.'a.Rimyoung men
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Job 29:8 word 2
וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּve.nech.Ba.'uand they hid themselves
Lemma: חָבָא (cha.va) · Strong's: H2244
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: to hide
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 31:27, Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:25, Joshua 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2244; TAHOT Job 29:8 word 3
וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁיםVi.shi.shimand old [men]
Lemma: יָשִׁישׁ (ya.shish) · Strong's: H3453
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: aged
Used 4 times. Also: Job 12:12, Job 15:10, Job 32:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3453; TAHOT Job 29:8 word 4
קָ֣מוּKa.muthey rose
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Job 29:8 word 5
עָמָֽדוּ\׃'a.Ma.duthey stood
Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to stand: stand
Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Job 29:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| the young men | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
| saw me | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| and withdrew | → | חָבָא H2244 to hide |
| and the old men | → | יָשִׁישׁ H3453 aged |
| rose | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| to their feet | → | עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand |
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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