Job 34:2 Go deeper
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Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. (KJV)
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שִׁמְע֣וּshim.'Uhear
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Job 34:2 word 1
חֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimO wise [men]
Lemma: חָכָם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2450
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: wise
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 7:11, Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2450; TAHOT Job 34:2 word 2
מִלָּ֑יmi.Laiwords my
Lemma: מִלָּה (mil.lah) · Strong's: H4405
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: speech
Used 38 times. Also: 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 4:2, Job 4:4, Job 6:26, Job 8:10, Job 12:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4405; TAHOT Job 34:2 word 3
וְ֝יֹדְעִ֗יםve.yo.de.'Imand O [those who] know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Job 34:2 word 4
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּha.'a.Zi.nugive ear
Lemma: אָזַן (a.zan) · Strong's: H0238
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to listen
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Exodus 15:26, Numbers 23:18, Deuteronomy 1:45, Deuteronomy 32:1, Judges 5:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0238; TAHOT Job 34:2 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| my words | → | מִלָּה H4405 speech |
| O wise men | → | חָכָם H2450 wise |
| give ear | → | אָזַן H0238 to listen |
| to me | → | |
| O men of learning | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
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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