Job 31:16 Go deeper
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If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (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 31:16 word 1
אֶ֭מְנַע'Em.na'I withheld
Lemma: מָנַע (ma.na) · Strong's: H4513
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to withhold
Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 30:2, Numbers 22:16, Numbers 24:11, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 13:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4513; TAHOT Job 31:16 word 2
מֵחֵ֣פֶץme.Che.fetzany of [the] desire of
Lemma: חֵ֫פֶץ (che.phets) · Strong's: H2656
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pleasure
Used 39 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 18:25, 2 Samuel 23:5, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Kings 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2656; TAHOT Job 31:16 word 3
דַּלִּ֑יםda.Limpoor [people]
Lemma: דַּל (dal) · Strong's: H1800
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: poor
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 23:3, Exodus 30:15, Leviticus 14:21, Leviticus 19:15, Judges 6:15, Ruth 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1800; TAHOT Job 31:16 word 4
וְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.Neiand [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Job 31:16 word 5
אַלְמָנָ֣ה'al.ma.Naha widow
Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: widow
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT Job 31:16 word 6
אֲכַלֶּֽה\׃'a.kha.LehI caused to fail
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615J
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to end: expend
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 43:2, Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 32:23, 1 Kings 17:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615J; TAHOT Job 31:16 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 denied | → | מָנַע H4513 to withhold |
| the desires | → | חֵ֫פֶץ H2656 pleasure |
| of the poor | → | דַּל H1800 poor |
| or allowed the widow’s | → | אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow |
| eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| to fail | → | כָּלָה H3615J to end: expend |
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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