Job 31:38 Go deeper

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; (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 31:38 word 1

עָ֭לַי'A.laion me

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 31:38 word 2

אַדְמָתִ֣י'ad.ma.Tiland my

Lemma: אֲדָמָה (a.da.mah) · Strong's: H0127G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: land: soil

Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0127G; TAHOT Job 31:38 word 3

תִזְעָ֑קtiz.'Akit cried out

Lemma: זָעַק (za.aq) · Strong's: H2199

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to cry out

Used 72 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, Joshua 8:16, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:15, Judges 4:10, Judges 4:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2199; TAHOT Job 31:38 word 4

וְ֝יַ֗חַדve.Ya.chadand together

Lemma: יַ֫חַד (ya.chad) · Strong's: H3162A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: unitedness

Used 43 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 21:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3162A; TAHOT Job 31:38 word 5

תְּלָמֶ֥יהָte.la.Mei.hafurrows its

Lemma: תֶּ֫לֶם (te.lem) · Strong's: H8525

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: furrow

Used 5 times. Also: Job 39:10, Psalms 65:10, Hosea 10:4, Hosea 12:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8525; TAHOT Job 31:38 word 6

יִבְכָּיֽוּן\׃yiv.ka.Yunthey wept !

Lemma: בָּכָה (ba.khah) · Strong's: H1058

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to weep

Used 114 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 27:38, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 37:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1058; TAHOT Job 31:38 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
my land	→	אֲדָמָה H0127G land: soil
cries out	→	זָעַק H2199 to cry out
against me	→	עַל H5921A upon
and its furrows	→	תֶּ֫לֶם H8525 furrow
weep	→	בָּכָה H1058 to weep
together	→	יַ֫חַד H3162A unitedness

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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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