Job 30:17 Go deeper
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My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. (KJV)
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לַ֗יְלָהLay.lahnight
Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: night
Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Job 30:17 word 1
עֲ֭צָמַי'A.tza.maibones my
Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: bone
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 13:19, Numbers 9:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6106G; TAHOT Job 30:17 word 2
נִקַּ֣רni.Karhe has pierced
Lemma: נָקַר (na.qar) · Strong's: H5365
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to dig
Used 6 times. Also: Numbers 16:14, Judges 16:21, 1 Samuel 11:2, Proverbs 30:17, Isaiah 51:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5365; TAHOT Job 30:17 word 3
מֵעָלָ֑יme.'a.Laifrom on <the> me
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 30:17 word 4
וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗יve.'o.re.Kaiand gnawing [pains] my
Lemma: עָרַק (a.raq) · Strong's: H6207
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to gnaw
Used 2 times. Also: Job 30:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6207; TAHOT Job 30:17 word 5
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 30:17 word 6
יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן\׃yish.ka.Vunthey rest !
Lemma: שָׁכַב (sha.khav) · Strong's: H7901H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to lie down: sleep
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 28:11, Exodus 22:27, Leviticus 14:47, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:13, Judges 16:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7901H; TAHOT Job 30:17 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Night | → | לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night |
| pierces | → | נָקַר H5365 to dig |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| my bones | → | עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone |
| and my gnawing pains | → | עָרַק H6207 to gnaw |
| never | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| rest | → | שָׁכַב H7901H to lie down: sleep |
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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