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For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? (KJV)
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וּמֶ֤ה\׀u.Mehand what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 1
חֵ֣לֶקChe.lek[is] [the] portion of
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶק (che.leq) · Strong's: H2506A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: portion
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 31:14, Leviticus 6:17, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 31:36, Deuteronomy 10:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2506A; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 2
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהַּ (e.lo.ah) · Strong's: H0433
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: god
Used 57 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Job 3:4, Job 3:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0433; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 3
מִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'al<from> above
Lemma: מַ֫עַל (ma.al) · Strong's: H4605
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: above
Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4605; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 4
וְֽנַחֲלַ֥תve.na.cha.Latand [the] inheritance of
Lemma: נַחֲלָה (na.cha.lah) · Strong's: H5159
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: inheritance
Used 222 times. Also: Genesis 31:14, Genesis 48:6, Exodus 15:17, Numbers 16:14, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5159; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 5
שַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.Dai[the] Almighty
Lemma: שַׁדַּי (shad.day) · Strong's: H7706
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Almighty
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 17:1, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 49:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7706; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 6
מִמְּרֹמִֽים\׃mi.me.ro.Mimfrom high places
Lemma: מָרוֹם (ma.rom) · Strong's: H4791
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: height
Used 54 times. Also: Judges 5:18, 2 Samuel 22:17, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Kings 19:23, Job 5:11, Job 16:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4791; TAHOT Job 31:2 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For what [is] | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| the allotment | → | חֵ֫לֶק H2506A portion |
| of God | → | אֱלֹהַּ H0433 god |
| from above | → | מַ֫עַל H4605 above |
| or the heritage | → | נַחֲלָה H5159 inheritance |
| from the Almighty | → | שַׁדַּי H7706 Almighty |
| on high | → | מָרוֹם H4791 height |
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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