Job 32:4 Go deeper
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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. (KJV)
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וֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּve.'e.li.Huand Elihu
חִכָּ֣הchi.Kahhe had waited
Lemma: חָכָה (cha.khah) · Strong's: H2442
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to wait
Used 14 times. Also: 2 Kings 7:9, 2 Kings 9:3, Job 3:21, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 106:13, Isaiah 8:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2442; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 3
אִ֭יּוֹב'I.yovJob
בִּדְבָרִ֑יםbid.va.Rimin words
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: word: speaking
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 24:33, Genesis 30:34, Genesis 44:10, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 8:10, 1 Samuel 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697H; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 5
כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 6
זְֽקֵנִים\־ze.ke.nim-[were] old
Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: old
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 43:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2205H; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 7
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahthey
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 8
מִמֶּ֣נּוּmi.Me.numore than him
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 9
לְיָמִֽים\׃le.ya.Mimto days
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: day: old
Used 5 times. Also: Job 12:12, Job 15:10, Job 30:1, Jeremiah 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117H; TAHOT Job 32:4 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now Elihu | → | אֱלִיהוּ H0453K Elihu |
| had waited | → | חָכָה H2442 to wait |
| to speak | → | דָּבָר H1697H word: speaking |
| to Job | → | אִיּוֹב H0347 Job |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the others | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
| were older | → | זָקֵן H2205H old |
| than he | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
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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