Job 7:5 Go deeper
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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. (KJV)
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לָ֘בַ֤שׁla.Vashit is clothed
Lemma: לָבֵשׁ (la.vash) · Strong's: H3847
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to clothe
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:16, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 38:19, Genesis 41:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3847; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 1
בְּשָׂרִ֣יbe.sa.Riflesh my
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 2
רִ֭מָּהRi.mahmaggot[s]
Lemma: רִמָּה (rim.mah) · Strong's: H7415
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: worm
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 16:24, Job 17:14, Job 21:26, Job 24:20, Job 25:6, Isaiah 14:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7415; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 3
עָפָ֑ר'a.Fardust
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dust
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 4
עוֹרִ֥יo.Riskin my
Lemma: עוֹר (or) · Strong's: H5785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: skin
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:16, Exodus 22:27, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14, Exodus 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5785; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 5
רָ֝גַ֗עra.Ga'it has hardened
Lemma: רָגַע (ra.ga) · Strong's: H7280C
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to harden
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7280C; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 6
וַיִּמָּאֵֽס\׃vai.yi.ma.'Esand it has run
Lemma: מָאַס (ma.as) · Strong's: H3988B
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNw3ms)
Meaning: to flow
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 58:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3988B; TAHOT Job 7:5 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My flesh | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| is clothed | → | לָבֵשׁ H3847 to clothe |
| with worms | → | רִמָּה H7415 worm |
| and encrusted | → | H1487 |
| with dirt | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
| my skin | → | עוֹר H5785 skin |
| is cracked | → | רָגַע H7280C to harden |
| and festering | → | מָאַס H3988B to flow |
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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