Job 4:2 Go deeper

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? (KJV)

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הֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.Sah¿ did someone attempt

Lemma: נָסָה (na.sah) · Strong's: H5254H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to test: try

Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 28:56, Psalms 26:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5254H; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 1

דָבָ֣רda.Vara word

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

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

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 2

אֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khato you

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 3

תִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'Ehwill you be impatient?

Lemma: לָאָה (la.ah) · Strong's: H3811

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: be weary

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 19:11, Exodus 7:18, Job 4:5, Job 16:7, Psalms 68:9, Proverbs 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3811; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 4

וַעְצֹ֥רva'.Tzorand to restrain

Lemma: עָצַר (a.tsar) · Strong's: H6113

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

Meaning: to restrain

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 16:2, Genesis 20:18, Numbers 16:48, Numbers 16:50, Numbers 25:8, Deuteronomy 11:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6113; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 5

בְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.Lin<in> words

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 4:4, Job 6:26, Job 8:10, Job 12:11, Job 13:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4405; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 6

מִ֣יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 7

יוּכָֽל\׃yu.Khalis he able

Lemma: יָכֹל (ya.khol) · Strong's: H3201

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

Meaning: be able

Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:50 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3201; TAHOT Job 4:2 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

If one ventures	→	נָסָה H5254H to test: try
a word	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
with you	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
will you be wearied	→	לָאָה H3811 be weary
Yet who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can	→	יָכֹל H3201 be able
keep	→	עָצַר H6113 to restrain
from speaking	→	מִלָּה H4405 speech

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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