Job 7:3 Go deeper
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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
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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