Job 3:11 Go deeper

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? (KJV)

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לָ֤מָּהLa.mah<to> why?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 3:11 word 1

לֹּ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 3:11 word 2

מֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemfrom [the] womb

Lemma: רֶ֫חֶם (re.chem) · Strong's: H7358

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

Meaning: womb

Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 20:18, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Exodus 13:2, Exodus 13:12, Exodus 13:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7358; TAHOT Job 3:11 word 3

אָמ֑וּת'a.Mutdid I die

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

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

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Job 3:11 word 4

מִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenfrom [the] belly

Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: belly: womb

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Job 3:11 word 5

יָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiI came forth

Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318M

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to come out: produce

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3318M; TAHOT Job 3:11 word 6

וְאֶגְוָֽע\׃ve.'eg.Va'and I may expire?

Lemma: גָּוַע (ga.va) · Strong's: H1478

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)

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 3:11 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Why	→	מָה H4100 what?
did I not perish	→	מוּת H4191 to die
at birth	→	רֶ֫חֶם H7358 womb
why did I not die	→	גָּוַע H1478 to die
as I came	→	יָצָא H3318M to come out: produce
from the womb	→	בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb

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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