Job 31:13 Go deeper
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If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 1
אֶמְאַ֗ס'em.'AsI rejected
Lemma: מָאַס (ma.as) · Strong's: H3988A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to reject
Used 74 times. Also: Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:43, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:31, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3988A; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 2
מִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.Pat[the] cause of
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: justice
Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 3
עַ֭בְדִּי'Av.dimale servant my
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 4
וַאֲמָתִ֑יva.'a.ma.Tiand female servant my
Lemma: אָמָה (a.mah) · Strong's: H0519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: maidservant
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 30:3, Genesis 31:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0519; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 5
בְּ֝רִבָ֗םbe.ri.Vamin complaint their
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strife
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 6
עִמָּדִֽי\׃'i.ma.Diwith me
Lemma: עִמָּדִי (im.mad) · Strong's: H5978
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with me
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 3:12, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 20:13, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 28:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5978; TAHOT Job 31:13 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| I have rejected | → | מָאַס H3988A to reject |
| the cause | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
| of my manservant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| or maidservant | → | אָמָה H0519 maidservant |
| when they made a complaint | → | רִיב H7379 strife |
| against me | → | עִמָּדִי H5978 with me |
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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