Job 30:31 Go deeper
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My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it has become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 30:31 word 1
לְ֭אֵבֶלLe.'e.vel<into> mourning
Lemma: אֵ֫בֶל (e.vel) · Strong's: H0060
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mourning
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 27:41, Genesis 50:10, Genesis 50:11, Deuteronomy 34:8, 2 Samuel 11:27, 2 Samuel 14:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0060; TAHOT Job 30:31 word 2
כִּנֹּרִ֑יki.no.Riharp my
Lemma: כִּנּוֹר (kin.nor) · Strong's: H3658
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lyre
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 4:21, Genesis 31:27, 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 6:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3658; TAHOT Job 30:31 word 3
וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗יve.'u.ga.Viand flute my
Lemma: עוּגָב (u.gav) · Strong's: H5748
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pipe
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 4:21, Job 21:12, Psalms 150:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5748; TAHOT Job 30:31 word 4
לְק֣וֹלle.Kol<into> [the] sound of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Job 30:31 word 5
בֹּכִֽים\׃bo.Khimweepers
Lemma: בָּכָה (ba.khah) · Strong's: H1058
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to weep
Used 114 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 27:38, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 37:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1058; TAHOT Job 30:31 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My harp | → | כִּנּוֹר H3658 lyre |
| is tuned | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| to mourning | → | אֵ֫בֶל H0060 mourning |
| and my flute | → | עוּגָב H5748 pipe |
| to the sound | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| of weeping | → | בָּכָה H1058 to weep |
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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