Job 5:11 Go deeper

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לָשׂ֣וּםla.Sumto set

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

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

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Job 5:11 word 1

שְׁפָלִ֣יםshe.fa.Limlowly [people]

Lemma: שָׁפָל (sha.phal) · Strong's: H8217

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: low

Used 17 times. Also: Leviticus 13:20, Leviticus 13:21, Leviticus 13:26, Leviticus 14:37, 2 Samuel 6:22, Psalms 138:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8217; TAHOT Job 5:11 word 2

לְמָר֑וֹםle.ma.Romto a high place

Lemma: מָרוֹם (ma.rom) · Strong's: H4791

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

Meaning: height

Used 54 times. Also: Judges 5:18, 2 Samuel 22:17, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Kings 19:23, Job 16:19, Job 25:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4791; TAHOT Job 5:11 word 3

וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםve.ko.de.Rimand mourners

Lemma: קָדַר (qa.dar) · Strong's: H6937

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: be dark

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:45, Job 6:16, Job 30:28, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 38:6, Psalms 42:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6937; TAHOT Job 5:11 word 4

שָׂ֣גְבוּSa.ge.vuthey are high

Lemma: שָׂגַב (sa.gav) · Strong's: H7682

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to exalt

Used 20 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:36, Job 36:22, Psalms 20:1, Psalms 59:1, Psalms 69:29, Psalms 91:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7682; TAHOT Job 5:11 word 5

יֶֽשַׁע\׃Ye.sha'safety

Lemma: יֵ֫שַׁע (ye.sah) · Strong's: H3468

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

Meaning: salvation

Used 36 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:3, 2 Samuel 22:36, 2 Samuel 22:47, 2 Samuel 23:5, 1 Chronicles 16:35, Job 5:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3468; TAHOT Job 5:11 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He sets	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
the lowly	→	שָׁפָל H8217 low
on high	→	מָרוֹם H4791 height
so that mourners	→	קָדַר H6937 be dark
are lifted	→	שָׂגַב H7682 to exalt
to safety	→	יֵ֫שַׁע H3468 salvation

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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