Job 3:12 Go deeper

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? (KJV)

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מַ֭דּוּעַMa.du.a'why?

Lemma: מַדּוּעַ (mad.du.a) · Strong's: H4069

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: why?

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 26:27, Genesis 40:7, Exodus 1:18, Exodus 2:18, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 5:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4069; TAHOT Job 3:12 word 1

קִדְּמ֣וּנִיki.de.Mu.nidid they receive me

Lemma: קָדַם (qa.dam) · Strong's: H6923

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to meet

Used 26 times. Also: Deuteronomy 23:4, 2 Samuel 22:6, 2 Samuel 22:19, 2 Kings 19:32, Nehemiah 13:2, Job 30:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6923; TAHOT Job 3:12 word 2

בִרְכָּ֑יִםvir.Ka.yimknees

Lemma: בֶּ֫רֶךְ (be.rekh) · Strong's: H1290

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: knee

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 30:3, Genesis 48:12, Genesis 50:23, Deuteronomy 28:35, Judges 7:5, Judges 7:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1290; TAHOT Job 3:12 word 3

וּמַה\־u.ma.ho.Sha-and 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 3:12 word 4

שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםSha.Da.yimbreasts

Lemma: שַׁד (shad) · Strong's: H7699A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)

Meaning: breast

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 49:25, Psalms 22:9, Song of Solomon 1:13, Song of Solomon 4:5, Song of Solomon 7:3, Song of Solomon 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7699A; TAHOT Job 3:12 word 5

כִּ֣יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 3:12 word 6

אִינָֽק\׃'i.NakI will suckle

Lemma: יָנַק (ya.naq) · Strong's: H3243G

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

Meaning: to suckle

Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:19, Job 20:16, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 66:11, Isaiah 66:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3243G; TAHOT Job 3:12 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Why	→	מַדּוּעַ H4069 why?
were there knees	→	בֶּ֫רֶךְ H1290 knee
to receive me	→	קָדַם H6923 to meet
[and]	→	מָה H4100 what?
breasts	→	שַׁד H7699A breast
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
I should be nursed	→	יָנַק H3243G to suckle

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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