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So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. (KJV)

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כֵּ֤ןkenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 1

הָנְחַ֣לְתִּיha.ne.Chal.tiI have been allotted

Lemma: נָחַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5157

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVHp1cs)

Meaning: to inherit

Used 59 times. Also: Exodus 23:30, Exodus 32:13, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 25:46, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 18:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5157; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 2

יַרְחֵי\־yar.chei-months of

Lemma: יֶ֫רַח (ye.rach) · Strong's: H3391

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: month

Used 12 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Deuteronomy 21:13, Deuteronomy 33:14, 1 Kings 6:37, 1 Kings 6:38, 1 Kings 8:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3391; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 3

שָׁ֑וְאShav'worthlessness

Lemma: שָׁוְא (shav) · Strong's: H7723H

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

Meaning: vanity: vain

Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11, Job 15:31, Job 35:13, Psalms 31:6, Psalms 60:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7723H; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 4

וְלֵיל֥וֹתve.lei.Lotand nights of

Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: night

Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 5

עָ֝מָ֗ל'a.Maltrouble

Lemma: עָמָל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5999

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: trouble

Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:7, Judges 10:16, Job 3:10, Job 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5999; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 6

מִנּוּ\־mi.nu-people have allotted

Lemma: מָנָה (ma.nah) · Strong's: H4487

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to count

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 13:16, Numbers 23:10, 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Kings 3:8, 1 Kings 8:5, 1 Kings 20:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4487; TAHOT Job 7:3 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

So→כֵּן H3651C so
I am allotted→נָחַל H5157 to inherit
months→יֶ֫רַח H3391 month
of futility→שָׁוְא H7723H vanity: vain
and nights→לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night
of misery→עָמָל H5999 trouble
are appointed→מָנָה H4487 to count
to me→

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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