Job 6:15 Go deeper

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אַ֭חַי'A.chaibrothers my

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

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

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 1

בָּגְד֣וּba.ge.Duthey have acted treacherously

Lemma: בָּגַד (ba.gad) · Strong's: H0898

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

Meaning: to act treacherously

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 14:33, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 59:5, Psalms 73:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0898; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 2

כְמוֹ\־khe.mov-like

Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: like

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 3

נָ֑חַלNa.chala wadi

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158A

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

Meaning: torrent: river

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 32:23, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158A; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 4

כַּאֲפִ֖יקka.'a.Fiklike a stream-bed of

Lemma: אָפִיק (a.phiq) · Strong's: H0650

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: channel

Used 19 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:16, Job 12:21, Job 40:18, Job 41:15, Psalms 18:15, Psalms 42:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0650; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 5

נְחָלִ֣יםne.cha.Limwadis

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158A

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

Meaning: torrent: river

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 32:23, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158A; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 6

יַעֲבֹֽרוּ\׃ya.'a.Vo.ru[which] they pass away

Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to pass

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Job 6:15 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

[But] my brothers	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
are as faithless	→	בָּגַד H0898 to act treacherously
as	→	כְּמוֹ H3644G like
wadis	→	נַ֫חַל H5158A torrent: river
as seasonal streams	→	אָפִיק H0650 channel
. . .	→	נַ֫חַל H5158A torrent: river
that overflow	→	עָבַר H5674A to pass

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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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