Job 36:8 Go deeper
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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; (KJV)
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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Job 36:8 word 1
אֲסוּרִ֥ים'a.su.Rim[they are] bound
Lemma: אָסַר (a.sar) · Strong's: H0631
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)
Meaning: to bind
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 39:20, Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19, Genesis 42:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0631; TAHOT Job 36:8 word 2
בַּזִּקִּ֑יםba.zi.Kimin <the> fetters
Lemma: זֵק (zi.qah) · Strong's: H2131B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: fetter
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 149:8, Isaiah 45:14, Nahum 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2131B; TAHOT Job 36:8 word 3
יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּןyi.la.khe.Dunthey are caught !
Lemma: לָכַד (la.khad) · Strong's: H3920
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNi3mp)
Meaning: to capture
Used 121 times. Also: Numbers 21:32, Numbers 32:39, Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3920; TAHOT Job 36:8 word 4
בְּחַבְלֵי\־be.chav.lei-in cords of
Lemma: חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)
Meaning: cord
Used 49 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 32:9, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 17:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2256M; TAHOT Job 36:8 word 5
עֹֽנִי\׃'O.niaffliction
Lemma: עֳנִי (o.ni) · Strong's: H6040
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: affliction
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 16:11, Genesis 29:32, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 41:52, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6040; TAHOT Job 36:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And if | → | אִם H0518A if |
| men are bound | → | אָסַר H0631 to bind |
| with chains | → | זֵק H2131B fetter |
| caught | → | לָכַד H3920 to capture |
| in cords | → | חֶ֫בֶל H2256M cord |
| of affliction | → | עֳנִי H6040 affliction |
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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