Job 37:19 Go deeper
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Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. (KJV)
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ה֭וֹדִיעֵנוּHo.di.'e.numake known to us
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
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 37:19 word 1
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 37:19 word 2
נֹּ֣אמַרNo.marwill we say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 37:19 word 3
לֹ֥א\־Lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 37:19 word 4
נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְna.'a.Rokhwe will set in order
Lemma: עָרַךְ (a.rakh) · Strong's: H6186A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)
Meaning: to arrange
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 14:8, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 40:4, Exodus 40:23, Leviticus 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6186A; TAHOT Job 37:19 word 5
מִפְּנֵי\־mi.pe.nei-<from> because of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: because
Used 85 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 36:7, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 47:13, Exodus 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440I; TAHOT Job 37:19 word 6
חֹֽשֶׁךְ\׃Cho.shekhdarkness
Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: darkness
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Job 37:19 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Teach us | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| we should say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to Him | → | |
| we cannot | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| draw up our case | → | עָרַךְ H6186A to arrange |
| because of | → | פָּנֶה H6440I face: because |
| our darkness | → | חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness |
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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