Job 6:2 Go deeper

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! (KJV)

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ל֗וּLu<if>

Lemma: לוּ (lu) · Strong's: H3863

Parsing: Conjunction (HC)

Meaning: if

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 17:18, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 30:34, Genesis 50:15, Numbers 14:2, Numbers 20:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3863; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 1

שָׁק֣וֹלsha.Kolcertainly [if] <to weigh>

Lemma: שָׁקַל (sha.qal) · Strong's: H8254

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to weigh

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 23:16, Exodus 22:17, 2 Samuel 14:26, 2 Samuel 18:12, 1 Kings 20:39, Ezra 8:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8254; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 2

יִשָּׁקֵ֣לyi.sha.Kelit will be weighed

Lemma: שָׁקַל (sha.qal) · Strong's: H8254

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to weigh

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 23:16, Exodus 22:17, 2 Samuel 14:26, 2 Samuel 18:12, 1 Kings 20:39, Ezra 8:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8254; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 3

כַּעְשִׂ֑יka'.Sigrief my

Lemma: כַּ֫עַשׂ (ka.as) · Strong's: H3708B

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

Meaning: vexation

Used 4 times. Also: Job 5:2, Job 10:17, Job 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3708B; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 4

בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbe.mo.ze.Na.yimin [the] balances

Lemma: מֹאזֵן (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3976

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)

Meaning: balance

Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Job 31:6, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3976; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 5

יִשְׂאוּ\־yis.'u-people will raise

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H

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

Meaning: to lift: bear

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 6

יָֽחַד\׃Ya.chadtogether

Lemma: יַ֫חַד (ya.chad) · Strong's: H3162A

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

Meaning: unitedness

Used 43 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 21:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3162A; TAHOT Job 6:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

If only	→	לוּ H3863 if
my grief	→	כַּ֫עַשׂ H3708B vexation
could be weighed	→	שָׁקַל H8254 to weigh
. . .	→	שָׁקַל H8254 to weigh
and placed	→	נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear
with	→	יַ֫חַד H3162A unitedness
my calamity	→	H1962
on the scales	→	מֹאזֵן H3976 balance

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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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