Job 5:8 Go deeper

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: (KJV)

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אוּלָ֗ם'u.Lambut

Lemma: אוּלָם (u.lam) · Strong's: H0199

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: but

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 28:19, Genesis 48:19, Exodus 9:16, Numbers 14:21, Judges 18:29, 1 Samuel 20:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0199; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 1

אֲ֭נִי'A.niI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 2

אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ'ed.RoshI will seek

Lemma: דָּרַשׁ (da.rash) · Strong's: H1875

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to seek

Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 18:15, Leviticus 10:16, Deuteronomy 4:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1875; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 3

אֶל\־'el-<to>

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 5:8 word 4

אֵ֑ל'ElGod

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

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

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 5

וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to

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 5:8 word 6

אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGod

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 7

אָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimI will set

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to set: put

Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 8

דִּבְרָתִֽי\׃div.ra.Tiplea my

Lemma: דִּבְרָה (div.rah) · Strong's: H1700

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: cause

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 110:4, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ecclesiastes 7:14, Ecclesiastes 8:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1700; TAHOT Job 5:8 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

However	→	אוּלָם H0199 but
if I were you	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
I would appeal	→	דָּרַשׁ H1875 to seek
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
God	→	אֵל H0410G God
and lay	→	שׂוּם H7760H to set: put
my cause	→	דִּבְרָה H1700 cause
before	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Him	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God

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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