Job 6:28 Go deeper
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Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. (KJV)
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וְ֭עַתָּהVe.'a.tahand therefore
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Job 6:28 word 1
הוֹאִ֣ילוּho.'I.lube willing
Lemma: יָאַל (ya.al) · Strong's: H2974
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: be willing
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:31, Exodus 2:21, Deuteronomy 1:5, Joshua 7:7, Joshua 17:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2974; TAHOT Job 6:28 word 2
פְנוּ\־fe.nu-turn
Lemma: פָּנָה (pa.nah) · Strong's: H6437G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to turn
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 18:22, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:63, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 7:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6437G; TAHOT Job 6:28 word 3
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and 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 6:28 word 4
פְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗םpe.nei.Khemfaces your
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Job 6:28 word 5
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518H
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely no
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 42:15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 11:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518H; TAHOT Job 6:28 word 6
אֲכַזֵּֽב\׃'a.kha.ZevI will lie
Lemma: כָּזַב (ka.zav) · Strong's: H3576
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to lie
Used 16 times. Also: Numbers 23:19, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 24:25, Job 34:6, Job 41:9, Psalms 78:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3576; TAHOT Job 6:28 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| please | → | יָאַל H2974 be willing |
| look | → | פָּנָה H6437G to turn |
| at me | → | |
| Would I lie | → | כָּזַב H3576 to lie |
| to | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| your face | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| . . . | → | אִם H0518H if: surely no |
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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