Job 5:7 Go deeper

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־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 5:7 word 1

אָ֭דָם'A.domeveryone

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

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

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 2

לְעָמָ֣לle.'a.Malto trouble

Lemma: עָמָל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5999

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: trouble

Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:7, Judges 10:16, Job 3:10, Job 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5999; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 3

יוּלָּ֑דyu.Ladhe is born

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPp3ms)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 4

וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] children of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: type of

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 17:27, Exodus 12:43, Leviticus 22:25, Judges 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121I; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 5

רֶ֝֗שֶׁףRe.shefflame

Lemma: רֶ֫שֶׁף (re.sheph) · Strong's: H7565

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

Meaning: flash

Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:24, Psalms 76:3, Psalms 78:48, Song of Solomon 8:6, Habakkuk 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7565; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 6

יַגְבִּ֥יהוּyag.Bi.huthey make high

Lemma: גָּבַהּ (ga.vah) · Strong's: H1361

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: to exult

Used 34 times. Also: 1 Samuel 10:23, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 33:14, Job 35:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1361; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 7

עֽוּף\׃'Ufto fly

Lemma: עוּף (uph) · Strong's: H5774A

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

Meaning: to fly

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Deuteronomy 4:17, 2 Samuel 22:11, Job 20:8, Psalms 18:10, Psalms 55:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5774A; TAHOT Job 5:7 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Yet	→	כִּי H3588A for
man	→	אָדָם H0120G man
is born	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
to trouble	→	עָמָל H5999 trouble
as surely as sparks	→	בֵּן H1121I son: type of
. . .	→	רֶ֫שֶׁף H7565 flash
fly	→	עוּף H5774A to fly
upward	→	גָּבַהּ H1361 to exult

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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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