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Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. (KJV)

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תָּֽם\־tam-[am] blameless

Lemma: תָּם (tam) · Strong's: H8535

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: complete

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 25:27, Exodus 26:24, Exodus 36:29, Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Job 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8535; TAHOT Job 9:21 word 1

אָ֭נִי'A.niI

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 9:21 word 2

לֹֽא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 9:21 word 3

אֵדַ֥ע'e.Da'I know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Job 9:21 word 4

נַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.Shiself my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G

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

Meaning: soul

Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Job 9:21 word 5

אֶמְאַ֥ס'em.'AsI reject

Lemma: מָאַס (ma.as) · Strong's: H3988A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to reject

Used 74 times. Also: Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:43, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:31, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3988A; TAHOT Job 9:21 word 6

חַיָּֽי\׃chai.Yailife my

Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E

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

Meaning: life

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Job 9:21 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Though I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
am blameless	→	תָּם H8535 complete
I have no	→	לֹא H3808 not
concern	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
for myself	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul
I despise	→	מָאַס H3988A to reject
my own life	→	חַיִּים H2416E life

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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