Job 31:40 Go deeper
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (KJV)
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תַּ֤חַתTa.chatin place of
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: instead
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 1
חִטָּ֨ה\׀chi.Tahwheat
Lemma: חִטָּה (chit.tah) · Strong's: H2406
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wheat
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 30:14, Exodus 9:32, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 34:22, Deuteronomy 8:8, Deuteronomy 32:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2406; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 2
יֵ֥צֵאYe.tze'let it come forth
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318L
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come out: issue
Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Exodus 8:18, Exodus 22:6, Exodus 25:32, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 25:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318L; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 3
ח֗וֹחַCho.achthorn[s]
Lemma: חוֹחַ (cho.ach) · Strong's: H2336
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: thistle
Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 13:6, 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chronicles 25:18, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Job 41:2, Proverbs 26:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2336; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 4
וְתַֽחַת\־ve.ta.chat-and in place of
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: instead
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 5
שְׂעֹרָ֥הse.'o.Rahbarley
Lemma: שְׂעֹרָה (se.o.rah) · Strong's: H8184
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: barley
Used 34 times. Also: Exodus 9:31, Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 5:15, Deuteronomy 8:8, Judges 7:13, Ruth 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8184; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 6
בָאְשָׁ֑הva.'e.Shahfoul weed[s]
Lemma: בׇּאְשָׁה (bo.shah) · Strong's: H0890
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: foul weed
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0890; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 7
תַּ֝֗מּוּTa.muthey are finished
Lemma: תָּמַם (ta.mam) · Strong's: H8552
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to finish
Used 62 times. Also: Genesis 47:15, Genesis 47:18, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 26:20, Numbers 14:33, Numbers 14:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8552; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 8
דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Rei[the] words of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Job 31:40 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| then let briers | → | חוֹחַ H2336 thistle |
| grow | → | יָצָא H3318L to come out: issue |
| instead of | → | תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead |
| wheat | → | חִטָּה H2406 wheat |
| and stinkweed | → | בׇּאְשָׁה H0890 foul weed |
| instead of | → | תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead |
| barley | → | שְׂעֹרָה H8184 barley |
| Thus conclude | → | תָּמַם H8552 to finish |
| the words | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| of Job | → | אִיּוֹב H0347 Job |
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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