Job 30:19 Go deeper
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He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (KJV)
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הֹרָ֥נִיho.Ra.nihe has thrown me
Lemma: יָרָא (ya.ra) · Strong's: H3384A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to shoot
Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 15:4, Exodus 19:13, Numbers 21:30, Joshua 18:6, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3384A; TAHOT Job 30:19 word 1
לַחֹ֑מֶרla.Cho.merto the mud
Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: clay
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 1:14, Job 4:19, Job 10:9, Job 13:12, Job 27:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2563A; TAHOT Job 30:19 word 2
וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗לva.'et.ma.Sheland I have become like
Lemma: מָשַׁל (ma.shal) · Strong's: H4911A
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVtw1cs)
Meaning: to liken
Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 28:1, Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:20, Psalms 143:7, Isaiah 14:10, Isaiah 46:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4911A; TAHOT Job 30:19 word 3
כֶּעָפָ֥רke.'a.Farlike <the> dust
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dust
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Job 30:19 word 4
וָאֵֽפֶר\׃va.'E.ferand ash[es]
Lemma: אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) · Strong's: H0665
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ashes
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:10, 2 Samuel 13:19, Esther 4:1, Esther 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0665; TAHOT Job 30:19 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He throws me | → | יָרָא H3384A to shoot |
| into the mud | → | חֹ֫מֶר H2563A clay |
| and I have become | → | מָשַׁל H4911A to liken |
| like dust | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
| and ashes | → | אֵ֫פֶר H0665 ashes |
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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