Job 6:7 Go deeper

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. (KJV)

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מֵאֲנָ֣הme.'a.Nahit refuses

Lemma: מָאֵן (ma.en) · Strong's: H3985

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)

Meaning: to refuse

Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 39:8, Genesis 48:19, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 10:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3985; TAHOT Job 6:7 word 1

לִנְגּ֣וֹעַlin.Go.a'to touch [them]

Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to touch

Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Job 6:7 word 2

נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shiself my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315L

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

Meaning: soul: appetite

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Exodus 15:9, Numbers 11:6, Deuteronomy 12:20, Deuteronomy 14:26, Deuteronomy 18:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315L; TAHOT Job 6:7 word 3

הֵ֝֗מָּהHe.mahthey

Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)

Meaning: they(masc.)

Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Job 6:7 word 4

כִּדְוֵ֥יkid.Vei[are] like [the] illness of

Lemma: דְּוַי (de.vay) · Strong's: H1741

Parsing: Aampc (Aampc)

Meaning: illness

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 41:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1741; TAHOT Job 6:7 word 5

לַחְמִֽי\׃lach.Mifood my

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: food

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Job 6:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

My soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315L soul: appetite
refuses	→	מָאֵן H3985 to refuse
to touch them	→	נָגַע H5060 to touch
they are	→	הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.)
loathsome	→	דְּוַי H1741 illness
food to me	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food

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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