Job 7:12 Go deeper

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? (KJV)

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הֲֽיָם\־hayam-¿ [the] sea

Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G

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

Meaning: sea

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 1

אָ֭נִי'A.ni[am] I

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 2

אִם\־'im-or?

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 3

תַּנִּ֑יןta.Nin[the] sea monster

Lemma: תַּנִּין (tan.nin) · Strong's: H8577N

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

Meaning: serpent: monster

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Psalms 74:13, Psalms 148:7, Isaiah 27:1, Isaiah 51:9, Jeremiah 51:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8577N; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 4

כִּֽי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 5

תָשִׂ֖יםta.Simyou will set

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 6

עָלַ֣י'a.Laiover me

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 7:12 word 7

מִשְׁמָֽר\׃mish.Mara guard

Lemma: מִשְׁמָר (mish.mar) · Strong's: H4929

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

Meaning: custody

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:4, Genesis 40:7, Genesis 41:10, Genesis 42:17, Genesis 42:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4929; TAHOT Job 7:12 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Am I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
the sea	→	יָם H3220G sea
or	→	אִם H0518A if
the monster of the deep	→	תַּנִּין H8577N serpent: monster
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
You must keep me under	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
guard	→	מִשְׁמָר H4929 custody

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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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