Job 34:3 Go deeper

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. (KJV)

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כִּי\־ki-for

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 34:3 word 1

אֹ֭זֶן'O.zen[the] ear

Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: ear

Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 29:20, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0241G; TAHOT Job 34:3 word 2

מִלִּ֣יןmi.Linwords

Lemma: מִלָּה (mil.lah) · Strong's: H4405

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

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 34:3 word 3

תִּבְחָ֑ןtiv.Chanit tests

Lemma: בָּחַן (ba.chan) · Strong's: H0974

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

Meaning: to test

Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 42:15, Genesis 42:16, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Job 7:18, Job 12:11, Job 23:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0974; TAHOT Job 34:3 word 4

וְ֝חֵ֗ךְve.Chekhand [the] palate

Lemma: חֵךְ (chekh) · Strong's: H2441

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

Meaning: palate

Used 18 times. Also: Job 6:30, Job 12:11, Job 20:13, Job 29:10, Job 31:30, Job 33:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2441; TAHOT Job 34:3 word 5

יִטְעַ֥םyit.'Amit tastes

Lemma: טָעַם (ta.am) · Strong's: H2938

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to perceive

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:24, 1 Samuel 14:29, 1 Samuel 14:43, 2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 19:35, Job 12:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2938; TAHOT Job 34:3 word 6

לֶאֱכֹֽל\׃le.'e.Kholto eat

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Job 34:3 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the ear	→	אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear
tests	→	בָּחַן H0974 to test
words	→	מִלָּה H4405 speech
as the mouth	→	חֵךְ H2441 palate
tastes	→	טָעַם H2938 to perceive
food	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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