Job 31:22 Go deeper
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Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (KJV)
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כְּ֭תֵפִיKe.te.fishoulder my
Lemma: כָּתֵף (ka.teph) · Strong's: H3802
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: shoulder
Used 67 times. Also: Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 28:7, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:25, Exodus 28:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3802; TAHOT Job 31:22 word 1
מִשִּׁכְמָ֣הmi.shikh.Mahfrom its shoulder <towards>
Lemma: שִׁכְמָה (shikh.mah) · Strong's: H7929
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: shoulder
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7929; TAHOT Job 31:22 word 2
תִפּ֑וֹלti.Pollet it fall
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Job 31:22 word 3
וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יve.'ez.ro.'Iand arm my
Lemma: אֶזְרוֹעַ (ez.ro.a) · Strong's: H0248
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: arm
Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 32:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0248; TAHOT Job 31:22 word 4
מִקָּנָ֥הmi.ka.Nahfrom arm its
Lemma: קָנֶה (qa.neh) · Strong's: H7070J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: branch: shoulder
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7070J; TAHOT Job 31:22 word 5
תִשָּׁבֵֽר\׃ti.sha.Verlet it be broken
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)
Meaning: to break
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Job 31:22 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| then may my arm | → | אֶזְרוֹעַ H0248 arm |
| fall | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| from my shoulder | → | שִׁכְמָה H7929 shoulder |
| and be torn | → | שָׁבַר H7665 to break |
| from its socket | → | קָנֶה H7070J branch: shoulder |
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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