Job 3:16 Go deeper

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. (KJV)

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א֤וֹ'oor

Lemma: אוֹ (o) · Strong's: H0176A

Parsing: Conjunction (HC)

Meaning: or

Used 320 times. Also: Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 31:43, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0176A; TAHOT Job 3:16 word 1

כְנֵ֣פֶלkhe.Ne.fellike a miscarriage

Lemma: נֵ֫פֶל (ne.phel) · Strong's: H5309

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

Meaning: miscarriage

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 58:8, Ecclesiastes 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5309; TAHOT Job 3:16 word 2

טָ֭מוּןTa.munhidden

Lemma: טָמַן (ta.man) · Strong's: H2934

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to hide

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 2:12, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 2:6, Joshua 7:21, Joshua 7:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2934; TAHOT Job 3:16 word 3

לֹ֣אlo'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 3:16 word 4

אֶהְיֶ֑ה'eh.Yehwas I?

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Job 3:16 word 5

כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗יםke.'o.le.Limlike children

Lemma: עוֹלֵל (o.lel) · Strong's: H5768

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: infant

Used 20 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 22:19, 2 Kings 8:12, Psalms 8:2, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 137:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5768; TAHOT Job 3:16 word 6

לֹא\־lo'-[who] 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 3:16 word 7

רָ֥אוּRa.'uthey have seen

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 3:16 word 8

אֽוֹר\׃'orlight

Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0216

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

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 3:16 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Or	→	אוֹ H0176A or
why was	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
I not	→	לֹא H3808 not
hidden	→	טָמַן H2934 to hide
like a stillborn child	→	נֵ֫פֶל H5309 miscarriage
like an infant	→	עוֹלֵל H5768 infant
who never	→	לֹא H3808 not
sees	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
daylight	→	אוֹר H0216 light

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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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