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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518I
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely yes
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 24:38, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 31:52, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 47:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518I; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 1
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 2
עַל\־'a.lo.Shi-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 3
שִׁ֭כְמִיShikh.mishoulder my
Lemma: שְׁכֶם (she.khem) · Strong's: H7926
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: shoulder
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 48:22, Genesis 49:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7926; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 4
אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ'es.sa.'E.nuI will carry it
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 5
אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ'e.'en.De.nuI will tie on it
Lemma: עָנַד (a.nad) · Strong's: H6029
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to bind
Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 6:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6029; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 6
עֲטָר֣וֹתa.ta.Rota crown<s>
Lemma: עֲטָרָה (a.ta.rah) · Strong's: H5850
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: crown
Used 23 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Chronicles 20:2, Esther 8:15, Job 19:9, Psalms 21:3, Proverbs 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5850; TAHOT Job 31:36 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Surely | → | אִם H0518I if: surely yes |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| I would carry it | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| my shoulder | → | שְׁכֶם H7926 shoulder |
| and wear | → | עָנַד H6029 to bind |
| it like a crown | → | עֲטָרָה H5850 crown |
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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