Job 32:20 Go deeper
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I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. (KJV)
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אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה'a.da.be.Rahlet me speak
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Job 32:20 word 1
וְיִֽרְוַֽח\־ve.yir.vach-and it may be relieved
Lemma: רָוַח (ra.vach) · Strong's: H7304
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: be wide
Used 3 times. Also: 1 Samuel 16:23, Jeremiah 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7304; TAHOT Job 32:20 word 2
אֶפְתַּ֖ח'ef.Tachlet me open
Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to open
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT Job 32:20 word 3
שְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.Tailips my
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lips
Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Job 32:20 word 4
וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה\׃ve.'E.'e.Nehso I may answer
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Job 32:20 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I must speak | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| and find relief | → | רָוַח H7304 be wide |
| I must open | → | פָּתַח H6605A to open |
| my lips | → | שָׂפָה H8193G lips |
| and respond | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
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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