Job 3:21 Go deeper

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; (KJV)

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הַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםham.cha.Kimthose [who] long

Lemma: חָכָה (cha.khah) · Strong's: H2442

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)

Meaning: to wait

Used 14 times. Also: 2 Kings 7:9, 2 Kings 9:3, Job 32:4, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 106:13, Isaiah 8:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2442; TAHOT Job 3:21 word 1

לַמָּ֣וֶתla.Ma.vetfor <the> death

Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194

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

Meaning: death

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Job 3:21 word 2

וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּve.'ei.Ne.nuand there not [is] it

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Job 3:21 word 3

וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּvai.yach.pe.Ru.huand they dug for it

Lemma: חָפַר (cha.phar) · Strong's: H2658

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to search

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 21:30, Genesis 26:15, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:19, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2658; TAHOT Job 3:21 word 4

מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים\׃mi.mat.mo.Nimmore than hidden treasures

Lemma: מַטְמוֹן (mat.mon) · Strong's: H4301

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

Meaning: treasure

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 43:23, Proverbs 2:4, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 41:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4301; TAHOT Job 3:21 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

who long	→	חָכָה H2442 to wait
for death	→	מָ֫וֶת H4194 death
that does not come	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
and search for it	→	חָפַר H2658 to search
like hidden treasure	→	מַטְמוֹן H4301 treasure

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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