Job 6:27 Go deeper
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Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. (KJV)
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אַף\־'af-even
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 1
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 2
יָת֥וֹםya.Toma fatherless one
Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: orphan
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 3
תַּפִּ֑ילוּta.Pi.luyou will make fall
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307I
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhi2mp)
Meaning: to fall: allot
Used 26 times. Also: Numbers 34:2, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 23:4, Judges 18:1, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307I; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 4
וְ֝תִכְר֗וּve.tikh.Ruand you may bargain
Lemma: כָּרָה (ka.rah) · Strong's: H3739A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqu2mp)
Meaning: to trade
Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:6, Job 41:6, Hosea 3:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3739A; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 5
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 6
רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם\׃Rei.'a.Khemfriend your
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Job 6:27 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You would even cast lots | → | נָפַל H5307I to fall: allot |
| for an orphan | → | יָתוֹם H3490 orphan |
| and barter | → | כָּרָה H3739A to trade |
| away | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | אַף H0637 also |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| your friend | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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